Using the behavior change technique ontology to characterize the content of implementation strategies: a secondary analysis of 151 trials targeting evidence-based nursing practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementation strategies are essential for translating evidence into routine clinical practice. Their effectiveness depends on specifying and deploying behavior change techniques (BCTs): observable, irreducible components that target determinants of clinician behavior. The Behavior Change Technique Ontology (BCTO) standardizes the identification and labeling of BCTs, yet it has been applied only sparingly in implementation research to date.

Purpose

To characterize the nature and extent of BCTs explicitly reported or retrospectively identified in implementation trials that targeted evidence-based nursing practice.

Methods

In this secondary analysis of a prior systematic review, we coded BCTs across 151 implementation trials with a manual derived from the 28

SUBMITTER: Weight C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12456733 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature