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Table 2 Necessity and sufficiency of individual behavior change techniques (BCTs) used within studies demonstrating improved medication adherence

From: Identifying configurations of behavior change techniques in effective medication adherence interventions: a qualitative comparative analysis

Behavior change technique (BCT) (abbreviation for analysisa)

  

Necessity

Sufficiency

Number of studies with BCT

Number of studies with BCT from among those studies demonstrating improved adherence (N = 34)b

Of studies demonstrating improved adherence (N = 34)b, percent with BCT

Of studies with BCT, percent that demonstrate improved adherence

Knowledge (K)

53

31

91 %

58 %

Facilitation (F)

32

16

47 %

50 %

Awareness (R)

29

15

44 %

52 %

Self-efficacy (S)

20

18

53 %

90 %

Intention formation (I)

14

9

26 %

64 %

Action control (C)

10

5

15 %

50 %

Attitude (T)

12

10

29 %

83 %

Maintenance (M)

9

5

15 %

56 %

Motivational interviewing (G)

9

7

21 %

78 %

  1. aAbbreviations used in parentheses are used in the presentation of results in Table 3
  2. b34 studies demonstrated improved medication adherence out of a total of 60 used for this analysis