Techniques of behvaiour change/ adherence to treatment

Question 1

What is health behaviour

Answer 1

Any activity undertaking by individual believing themselves to be healthy, for the purpose of preventing disease or detecting it at an asymptomatic stage

Question 2

Give 3 behaviour change techniques

Answer 2

Self-monitoring – person keeps record of target behaviours, can help to identify barriers but can be quite time consuming

Motivational interviewing

Incentives – cost effective and raise awareness but poor maintenance

Question 3

What is adherence

Answer 3

refers to extent to which patients follow through decisions about medicine taking

Question 4

What factors influence adherence

Answer 4

Regime-related factors – includes physical barriers (complexity, cost duration, side effects etc)

Poor Dr-Patient Interaction

Psychosocial variables

illness/treatment beliefs

Question 5

How would you improve adherence

Answer 5

Interventions to help improve understanding of treatment/ help plan & organise treatment
Simplify treatment regime
Identify and modify incorrect beliefs
Involve significant others and network

Question 6

What 3 components make up the behaviour change wheel

Answer 6

Sources of behaviour
Intervention functions
Policy catagories

Question 7

What are some sources of behaviour (BCW)

Answer 7

motivation (automatic/ reflective)

Capability (Physical/ physiological)

Opportunity (social/physical)

Question 8

What are some intervention functions (BCW)

Answer 8

Restrictions
Education
Incentivisation
Coercion
Training
Enablement
Modelling
Persuasion

Question 9

What are some policy guidelines (BCW)

Answer 9

Fiscal measures
Regulation
Service provision
Legislation
Communication
Social planning
Guidelines