The MyWay Project: A Randomised Controlled Feasibility Trial v1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A randomised controlled feasibility trial of a tailored digital behaviour change intervention with e-referral system to increase attendance at NHS Stop Smoking Services: The MyWay Project
IRAS ID
232470
Contact name
Emily Fulton
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Coventry University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
researchregistry3995, Trial Registration with Research Registry
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 1 months, 31 days
Research summary
Smoking is a leading cause of death and disease and costs the NHS billions each year. Getting support from publicly funded stop smoking services (SSSs) means smokers are four times more likely to stop than when they attempt to stop alone. SSSs only ever reach around 5-10% of smokers and numbers have declined in the last few years. StopApp is a brief, web-based support tool designed to be easily accessible and usable by smokers. It addresses people’s barriers to SSS access and allows people to instantly book an appointment. There is uncertainty about how easy it would be to recruit people and collect information from them, who would be willing to take part and the best locations to find them. A feasibility (small-scale test) trial is therefore proposed – the MyWay project.
Smokers aged over 16 years will be identified from 4 GP practices, a range of community settings or online recruitment methods and invited to take part. Participants will complete questions about age, gender, current smoking status, previous use of SSS, use of e-cigarettes, pregnancy status and motivation to stop. Smokers will be randomly allocated to either the usual care (control) group and asked to read an online leaflet about SSS or the intervention group asked to use the StopApp. Participants in both groups will be told they can book an appointment at a SSS, but that they are under no obligation to do so. At follow-up (2 months from the first invitation) participants will be prompted to complete questionnaires to confirm smoking status, whether they booked and attended an appointment, set a quit date and reached a 4-week period of not smoking, confirmed by the individual SSSs. StopApp has been developed with input from smokers and ex-smokers, to ensure it is engaging and uses the right language. We will publish the study design and findings in an academic journal and at conferences.
REC name
West Midlands - Edgbaston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/WM/0170
Date of REC Opinion
1 Aug 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion