The Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy (v1) of 93 hierarchically clustered techniques: building an international consensus for the reporting of behavior change interventions

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Michie, S., Richardson, M., Johnston, M., Abraham, C., Francis, J., Hardeman, W., Eccles, M., Cane, J. and Wood, C. 2013. The Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy (v1) of 93 hierarchically clustered techniques: building an international consensus for the reporting of behavior change interventions. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 46 (1), pp. 81-95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-013-9486-6
AuthorsMichie, S., Richardson, M., Johnston, M., Abraham, C., Francis, J., Hardeman, W., Eccles, M., Cane, J. and Wood, C.
Abstract

Background CONSORT guidelines call for precise reporting of behavior change interventions: we need rigorous methods of characterizing active content of interventions with precision and specificity. Objectives The objective of this study is to develop an extensive, consensually agreed hierarchically structured taxonomy of techniques behavior change techniques (BCTs) used in behavior change interventions. Methods In a Delphi-type exercise, 14 experts rated labels and definitions of 124 BCTs from six published classification systems. Another 18 experts grouped BCTs according to similarity of active ingredients in an open-sort task. Inter-rater agreement amongst six researchers coding 85 intervention descriptions by BCTs was assessed. Results This resulted in 93 BCTs clustered into 16 groups. Of the 26 BCTs occurring at least five times, 23 had adjusted kappas of 0.60 or above. Conclusions: 'BCT taxonomy v1', an extensive taxonomy of 93 consensually agreed, distinct BCTs, offers a step change as a method for specifying interventions, but we anticipate further development and evaluation based on international, interdisciplinary consensus.

KeywordsBehavior change interventions, Behavior change techniques, General Practice / Family Medicine, Health Psychology, Medicine/Public Health, general, Taxonomy
Year2013
JournalAnnals of Behavioral Medicine
Journal citation46 (1), pp. 81-95
PublisherSpringer
ISSN0883-6612
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-013-9486-6
Publication dates
Online20 Mar 2013
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Deposited02 Mar 2017
AcceptedAug 2013
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