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Table 3 Rank Order of COM-B Component Importance

From: Identifying mechanisms of change in a magic-themed hand-arm bimanual intensive therapy programme for children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy: a qualitative study using behaviour change theory

COM-B component

Frequency of occurrence

(N = total number of times this theme was mentioned by participants)

Number of sub-themes identified (N = number of sub-themes)

Discord

(i.e. themes that are mixed- both barrier/enabler)

Expressed importance

1.Reflective motivation

58

14

No

Yes

2.Social opportunity

44

11

Yes

No

3.Physical capability

39

3

Yes

Yes

4.Automatic motivation

34

9

No

Yes

5.Physchological capability

7

4

No

No

6.Physical opportunity

6

3

Yes

No