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September 10, 2025PLoS ONEOpen Access

Using protection motivation theory to support patient adherence in healthcare settings: A scoping review

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OHOlivia HawksworthJSJemima SoltDJDaniel Jang

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Scoping review maps PMT-based interventions to improve health behaviours in clinical settings, highlighting effective strategies.

Key Points

  • Half of the reviewed studies significantly improved adherence outcomes in intervention groups, indicating promising benefits from PMT-based interventions.
  • The analysis identified 13 eligible studies featuring PMT interventions between 1998 and 2023, including 12 randomized trials.
  • Major focus was on coping-self-efficacy and perceived threat-severity, with heterogeneous combinations of behaviour change techniques showing varied effectiveness.
  • Optimal PMT intervention strategies require standard adherence detection methods and deeper exploration across diverse healthcare contexts.

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Hawksworth et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23abeb210217d64781528https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330883
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