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Table 2: The theoretical framework of acceptability with definitions

From: HABIT (Health visitors delivering Advice in Britain on Infant Toothbrushing): a qualitative exploration of the acceptability of a complex oral health intervention

Acceptability construct

Definition

Affective attitude

How participants felt about the HABIT intervention

Burden

The perceived amount of effort that is required to participate in the HABIT intervention

Ethicality

The extent to which the HABIT intervention has an optimal fit with the participants’ value system

Intervention coherence

The extent to which participants understand the intervention and how it works

Opportunity costs

The extent to which benefits, profits or values must be given up to engage in the HABIT intervention

Perceived effectiveness

The extent to which the HABIT intervention is perceived as likely to achieve its purpose

Self-efficacy

Participants’ confidence that they can perform the behaviours required to participate in the HABIT intervention.

  1. Adapted from: Acceptability of healthcare interventions: an overview of reviews and development of a theoretical framework [25]