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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics for articles included for BCT coding

From: Changing behaviour, ‘more or less’: do implementation and de-implementation interventions include different behaviour change techniques?

Characteristics

Implementation interventions (n = 84)

De-implementation interventions (n = 101)

Systematic review

 Audit and feedback

60

26

 Antibiotic prescribing

10

63

 Image ordering

14

12

Target professionals

 Single physician group

56

55

 Mixed professional group

30

22

 Hospital population

8

24

Health professionals sample size

 <100

22

10

 101-200

16

12

 >200

14

9

 Not reported/unclear

32

70

Study design

 Randomised controlled trial

16

16

 Cluster randomised controlled trial

59

31

 Interrupted time series

5

52

 Controlled before-and-after

2

1

 Cluster controlled trial

1

1

Control group

 Studies with BCTs

20

8