Blackwell, Anna KM;
Daryan, Shadi;
Roy, Deborah;
Duffy, Daniel;
Hisler, Garrett;
Sawyer, Katherine;
Ainsworth, Ben;
... Taylor, Gemma; + view all
(2024)
IntEgrating smoking cessation treAtment into usual online psychological care for people with common mEntal illness: Protocol for an online randomised feasibility and pilot study (ESCAPE digital).
Contemporary Clinical Trials
, Article 107541. 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107541.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: In the UK, smoking prevalence in people with depression (34%) and anxiety (29%) is more than double that of the general population (13%). People who stop smoking improve their mental health with comparable effect sizes found for antidepressants. In England, online psychological therapy is a standard treatment for depression and anxiety. Online therapy is an acceptable setting for smoking cessation support; however, integrated smoking and mental health support is not available. This novel study aims to assess the acceptability and feasibility of an online smoking cessation intervention, and trial procedures, offered alongside online mental health treatment as it offers increased reach to people with common mental health difficulties who smoke. METHODS: A two-armed; Intervention (Integrated SilverCloud smoking cessation support) and control group (SilverCloud usual care), pragmatic, randomised controlled feasibility trial. We aim to recruit 500 adult smokers eligible for online mental health treatment. Follow-up will be conducted at 3-months and 6-months. We will assess the acceptability and feasibility of the trial procedures (i.e., recruitment, data completeness, self-reported acceptability and satisfaction) and the intervention (i.e., self-reported quit attempt, engagement with the smoking cessation and mental health programs, smoking cessation medicine and e-cigarette use, self-reported acceptability and satisfaction) and pilot clinical outcomes (i.e., biologically validated smoking abstinence, anxiety, depression, quality of health). CONCLUSION: If the Trial is successful, a randomised controlled effectiveness trial will follow to examine whether integrated smoking cessation and mental health treatment increases smoking abstinence and improves depression and anxiety compared to usual care. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN10612149 (https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN10612149), 02/02/2023.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | IntEgrating smoking cessation treAtment into usual online psychological care for people with common mEntal illness: Protocol for an online randomised feasibility and pilot study (ESCAPE digital) |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107541 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2024.107541 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Anxiety, Depression, Digital intervention, Mental health, Smoking cessation, Tobacco |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10191548 |
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