Tailored digital behaviour change intervention with e-referral system to increase attendance at NHS stop smoking services (the MyWay project):study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial

Fulton, Emily, Newby, Katie, Gokal, Kajal, Kwah, Kayleigh, Schumacher, Lauren, Jackson, Louise J, Naughton, Felix, Coleman, Tim and Brown, Katherine (2019) Tailored digital behaviour change intervention with e-referral system to increase attendance at NHS stop smoking services (the MyWay project):study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial. BMJ Open, 9 (4). ISSN 2044-6055

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: In the UK, smokers who use stop smoking services (SSSs) are four times more likely to stop smoking than smokers who do not. Attendance has declined, warranting the development of interventions to address this. StopApp is a novel, brief online behaviour change intervention designed to address common barriers to SSS attendance. It links to widely commissioned service management software that enables instant appointment booking at a user's location and time of choice. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A two-arm parallel group, individual participant feasibility randomised controlled trial of StopApp (intervention) compared with the standard promotion of and referral to SSSs (control). The study includes a nested qualitative process evaluation to assess the acceptability of the research processes, with a subsample of participants. Smokers aged over 16 years will be recruited via three routes: General Practice (GP), community settings and online. After consenting and the collection of baseline data, participants will be randomised to control or intervention groups. Participants in the intervention group receive a link to StopApp and those in the control group receive standard web-based information about the SSSs. All participants are told they can book a SSS appointment but are under no obligation to do so. Online follow-up 2 months post randomisation includes data on SSS use and carbon monoxide verified 4-week quit rates. The study aims to recruit 162 smokers. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval has been granted by the West Midlands-Edgbaston NHS Research Ethics Committee. The findings will be reported in conferences and peer-reviewed publications; and will be used to design the parameters necessary for a definitive trial to ascertain the effectiveness of StopApp at increasing booking and attendance at SSSs compared with existing methods for encouraging uptake.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Implementation Science Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	02 May 2019 12:30
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 02:26
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/70792
DOI:	10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028721

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