Development of a Theoretically Informed Web-Based Mind-Body Wellness Intervention for Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Formative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mind-body interventions have the potential to positively impact the symptom burden associated with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). Interventions are more likely to be effective if they are informed by a theoretical framework. The Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) and the behaviour change technique taxonomy version 1 (BCTv1) provide frameworks for intervention development.

Objective

This study describes how theory has guided the development of a 12-week multicomponent mind-body wellness intervention for PBC.

Methods

The steps involved in developing the BCW intervention included specifying the target behavior; explaining barriers and facilitators using the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, and Behaviour and the theoretical domains framework; identifying inte

SUBMITTER: Watt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8538029 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature