Table 1 Overview of behaviour change techniques included in ImPuls
Focus | Technique |
|---|---|
Motivational (mainly weeks 1–2) | Education about positive and negative effects of exercise |
Education about optimal modalities of exercise to experience positive psychological effects | |
Selection of a preferred activity and level of intensity Self-monitoring of exercise Imagination of goals being reached in the future | |
Goal setting | |
Self-monitoring of goal achievement | |
Reflection about positive experiences/effects with/of exercise Reflection about self-monitoring of exercise | |
Volitional (mainly weeks 3–4) | Identification of barriers to exercise |
Techniques to overcome barriers | |
Exercise planning through training plans | |
Motivational and volitional (weeks 4–24) | Social support (family, friends) through the supporters meeting Social support (other patients, self-organized group meetings) |
Self-monitoring of goal achievement | |
Exercise self-monitoring trough diaries, training plans and analysis of FITT criteria (optimal modality) |