The Impact of Long-Term Physical Activity Interventions for Overweight/Obese Postmenopausal Women on Adiposity Indicators, Physical Capacity, and Mental Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Table 4

The behavior change technique taxonomy applied to the selected randomized controlled trials.

Taxonomy	Behavioral change technique applied in intervention	RCT
Instructions on how to perform a behavior	Demonstrate equipment	PATH, NEW, and ALPHA
Modelling of behavior	Demonstrate equipment	PATH, NEW, and ALPHA
Others monitoring the behavior with awareness	Review activity logs	PATH, NEW, and ALPHA
	Heart rate monitor	PATH, NEW, DREW, and ALPHA
	Pedometer reading	DREW and WOMAN
	Supervised training	PATH, NEW, DREW, and ALPHA
Self-monitoring of behavior	Activity log	PATH, NEW, and ALPHA
	Pedometer reading	DREW and WOMAN
	Heart rate monitor	PATH, NEW, DREW, and ALPHA
Feedback on behavior	follow-up on activity logs	PATH, NEW, and ALPHA
	Provide information about calories to burn	DREW
	Information sessions	WOMAN
	Feedback on progress	WOMAN
Biofeedback	Heart rate monitor	PATH, NEW, DREW, and ALPHA
	Pedometer reading	DREW and WOMAN
Social rewards	Triannual activities like hiking	PATH
Material rewards	Water bottles	PATH
	Money	DREW
Other incentives	Not identified	ALPHA
Goal setting behavior	Individual meetings to discuss goals	PATH and ALPHA
	Group meetings to discuss goals	NEW
Goal setting outcome	Individual meetings to discuss goals	PATH and ALPHA
	Group meetings to discuss goals	NEW
	Target to meet dose of physical activity	DREW
Reviewing behavior goals	Feedback on progress toward goals	PATH, NEW, and ALPHA
Discrepancy between current behavior and goal standard	Phone meetings to ensure adherence	PATH and ALPHA
	Individual face-to-face meetings to ensure adherence	PATH and ALPHA
	Group meetings to ensure adherence	NEW
Social support practical	Follow-up regarding activity logs	PATH, NEW, and ALPHA
	Provide information about calories to burn	DREW
	General feedback on progress	PATH, NEW, DREW, WOMAN, and ALPHA
Social support general	Phone meetings	PATH and ALPHA
	Individual face-to-face meetings	PATH and ALPHA
	Group meetings	NEW
Problem solving coping planning	Discuss how to conquer barriers	NEW
Commitment	Asked to devote time and effort for duration of intervention	PATH, NEW, DREW, WOMAN, and ALPHA