Activage ageing & smoking cessation
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Development and feasibility of a novel intervention to promote active ageing and smoking cessation in inactive smokers
IRAS ID
237873
Contact name
S Allison
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Surrey
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 24 days
Research summary
Smoking and physical inactivity are leading causes of preventable death both in the UK and worldwide. Stop-smoking services operating in local communities offer a prime opportunity to target these two very important health behaviours. Physical activity (PA) has been shown to regulate withdrawal symptoms and cigarette cravings, but when used as an adjunct to smoking-cessation treatment, few trials have identified an effect of PA on rates of smoking abstinence. A recent Cochrane review reported insufficient PA intensity and poor compliance to PA as limitations of the previous trials. Our innovative solution is to implement a brief and simple high impact PA intervention into smoking-cessation services and evaluate PA adherence by accelerometers specific to impact loading. No definitive trials have been conducted as of yet so it is important to carry out early phase research to guide continued intervention development. This project will therefore involve operations managers (Quit51), Public health Leads and a Smokers Panel in design workshops to address perceived logistical difficulties with initial intervention application. After refinement, the first early-phase study will then assess the acceptability and feasibility of accelerometer-guided high-impact PA among smokers (n=30) accessing smoking cessation support from their local service in Surrey (Quit51). We will use mixed-methods to assess recruitment and retention rates, demographic differences, adherence to PA, protocol efficacy and likely effect size. The second early-phase study will use interviews to explore thoughts to the PA intervention among three distinct users (1) those who declined to take part (n=15) (2) trial participants who did and did not adherence to the intervention (n=30) and (3) smoking-cessation advisers (n=15).
REC name
South West - Frenchay Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/SW/0042
Date of REC Opinion
21 Mar 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion