Please note, this course is not provided or endorsed by the UKTMN, but has been deemed relevant to trial management, and may be of interest to our members.
In this webinar Prof. Naughton will talk about an automated RCT evaluating a smartphone app called Quit Sense. Quit Sense is a theory-guided Just-In-Time Adaptive Intervention (JITAI) app which provides smokers attempting to quit with in-the-moment support to manage cue-induced cravings. The app uses location sensing to tailor the timing and content of support messages to high-risk locations. In this RCT, recruitment, enrolment, randomization, intervention delivery and most data collection were fully automated via the study website. In addition, an automated randomized study-within-a-trial (SWAT) was undertaken to assess the impact of different levels of incentive to promote completion of follow-up measures. The app also included the trial of an automated process evaluation tool, as well as a traditional process evaluation using qualitative interviews. During the talk, key aspects of the methodology will be covered as well as key findings.
Felix Naughton is Professor of Health Psychology at the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK. He is co-lead of the UEA Addictions Research Group and a registered health psychologist. He has a key research interest in the development and evaluation of digital interventions to promote and support health behaviour change, particularly innovative technology-mediated approaches, such as Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions. He currently leads a research programme focused on mobile phone-based smoking cessation interventions. Felix has served on multiple national policy and practice committees, including as a topic expert on behaviour change related NICE (UK) advisory committees.
