Week | Session number | Session content | BCTs used (Michie categoriesa) |
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1 | Session 1 (one week before quit day) | Review current PA and discuss PA benefits | 1, 2 |
Explain and demonstrate use of treadmill and pedometer | 7, 21, 22, 26 | ||
Check PA confidence levels using scaling questions | 16 | ||
All sessions: | Â | ||
Agree PA goals 10 | |||
Provide weekly PA and step-count diaries 16 | |||
Allow time for questions, summarize, use reflective listening, elicit participant’s views, build a general rapport | |||
Give praise for effort and for achieving PA goals 12, 13 | |||
1 | Session 2 | Review PA goals and effect of PA on cravings | 7, 9, 10 |
Complete cost-benefit analysis for increasing PA | 2 | ||
Identify PA barriers and problem solve | 8 | ||
Explain and demonstrate exercises in booklet | 21, 22, 26 | ||
Provide information on places to exercise | 20 | ||
Discuss time management and exercise habits | 23, 38 | ||
Plan social support | 29 | ||
Provide weekly PA diary and step-count diary | 16 | ||
2 | Session 3 (quit day) | Review PA goals, set heart-rate targets on treadmill | 10 |
Identify PA barriers and problem solve | 8 | ||
Provide weekly PA diary and step-count diary | 16 | ||
Check PA confidence levels with scaling questions | 8 | ||
3 | Session 4 (one week after quit day) onwards | Review PA goals, set heart-rate targets on treadmill | 10 |
Plan for relapse prevention/coping | 35 | ||
Review exercises in booklet | 21, 22, 26 | ||
Review social support | 29 | ||
Use imagery to encourage identity as an ‘exerciser’ | 34 | ||
Provide weekly PA diary and step-count diary | 16 | ||
Reminder that sessions reduce to once a week for the last 2 weeks of the program | 27 | ||
Check PA confidence levels with scaling questions | 8 |