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Table 4 Barriers in rank order of utterances in relation to MIND diet in 40–55-year olds in Rome and NI: COM-B and TDF domains

From: Comparison of barriers and facilitators of MIND diet uptake among adults from Northern Ireland and Italy

Italy

Northern Ireland

COM-B

TDF

Rank order

Frequency of Utterances

% of utterances.

COM-B

TDF

Rank order

Frequency of utterances

%of utterances

Physical opportunity

Environmental context and resources

1

93

33

Physical opportunity

Environmental Context and resources

1

90

29

Social opportunity

Social Influence

2

43

15

Reflective motivation

Belief about capabilities

2

46

15

Reflective motivation

Belief about Capabilities

3

37

13

Psychological capability

Knowledge

3

37

12

Psychological capability

Behaviour regulation

4

29

10

Psychological capability

Memory, attention, Decision making

4

30

10

Psychological capability

Knowledge

5

29

10

Psychological capability

Behaviour regulation

5

24

7

Reflective motivation

Social, Professional and Identity

6

15

5

Physical capability

Physical skills

6

17

6

Reflective motivation

Belief about consequences

7

11

4

Social opportunity

Social Influence

7

15

5

Physical capability

Skills

8

9

3

Reflective motivation

Belief about consequences

8

12

4

Reflective motivation

Intention

9

9

3

Reflective motivation

Social professional and identity

9

12

4

Reflective motivation

Optimism

10

7

2

Reflective motivation

Intention

10

9

3

Automatic motivation

Emotion

11

4

2

Reflective motivation

Optimism

11

6

2

Automatic motivation

Reinforcement

0

0

0

Reflective motivation

Goals

12

5

2

Reflective motivation

Goals

0

0

0

Automatic motivation

Emotion

13

3

1

Psychological capability

Memory, attention

0

0

0

Automatic motivation

Reinforcement

14

1

0

   

286

100

   

307

100

  1. Information above the thick black line represents the top 6 reported domains of the TDF and corresponding COM-B components. Eighty percent of the data fell into the top 6 TDF domains, COM-B Capability (C): Psychological or physical ability to enact behaviour, Opportunity (O) Physical and social environment that enables behaviour. Motivation (M): Reflective or automatic mechanisms that activate or inhibit behaviour; Behaviour (B), TDF Theoretical Domains Framework
  2. Utterances: Spoken word/words in relation to themes/subthemes emerging from questions asked regarding MIND diet. n = 50