Our first thanks are to all those participants who agreed to take part in this study. We would also like to thank CP staff for their hard work in identifying participants, delivering the ESI, completing study documentation and for their general support of the study; all those researchers who assisted with recruitment, data collection and data coding/checking including Andrew Henry, Deborah Kemp and Jacqueline Vicars; Cath Robson for being the (unofficial) ‘Pharmacy Research Champion’; members of the TSC and the Data Monitoring and Ethics Committee for overseeing the study; members of the CHEMIST special interest group for their guidance and support; colleagues in Research and Development at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust and the North East and North Cumbria Clinical Research Network for their continued support of the study; and Megan Russell for providing additional administrative support. Special thanks to Rose NcNulty for providing exceptional administrative support (always with a smile), to all of the individuals who formed the CHEMIST PPI AG and to Sarah Speight for her contribution to the PPI AG and membership of the TSC.
CHEMIST benefited from the support of the North East and North Cumbria Clinical Research Network.
Trial Steering Committee independent members
Professor David Kessler (chairperson), Professor of Primary Care, Bristol Medical School, Population Health Sciences, The University of Bristol, Bristol.
Professor Rachel Elliott, Professor in Health Economics, Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, The University of Manchester, Manchester.
Dr Richard Jacques, Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics, School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield.
Sarah Speight, PPI member, North Yorkshire.
Data Monitoring and Ethics Committee independent members
Professor Chris Dickens (chairperson), Professor of Psychological Medicine, College of Medicine and Health (Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health Professions), University of Exeter, Exeter.
Professor Richard Emsley, Professor of Medical Statistics and Trials Methodology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London.
Professor David Alldred, Professor of Medicines Use and Safety, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds.
Contributions of authors
Elizabeth Littlewood (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4606-4590) (Research Fellow, Applied Health Services Research) was the trial manager and provided study oversight; was a member of the TMG; supervised the research team; refined the protocol; recruited participants to the study, collected study data, provided feedback on and helped to refine the study procedures, and attended researcher meetings; refined the procedures for the process evaluation work; and led and drafted the final report as part of the report writing team.
Carolyn A Chew-Graham (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9722-9981) (Professor of General Practice Research and Academic GP, Primary Care) was a co-applicant on the Public Health Research funding application and a member of the TMG; refined the protocol; designed the process evaluations and provided oversight for this work; refined the procedures for the process evaluation work; analysed the feasibility and pilot RCT interview data; and drafted the final report as part of the report writing team.
Elizabeth Coleman (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4210-1865) (Trainee Statistician, Statistics and Trials Methodology) refined the protocol; drafted the statistical analysis plan and conducted the data analysis; and drafted the final report as part of the report writing team.
Samantha Gascoyne (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7763-2776) (Research Fellow, Applied Health Services Research) was the trial co-ordinator; refined the protocol; recruited participants to the study, collected study data, provided feedback on and helped to refine the study procedures, and attended researcher meetings; refined the procedures for the process evaluation work; conducted semistructured interviews with participant groups; coded and analysed the feasibility interview data with supervision provided by Carolyn Chew-Graham; coded the pilot RCT interview data; and drafted the final report as part of the report writing team.
Claire Sloan (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1589-5145) (Research Fellow, Qualitative Applied Health Research) refined the protocol; refined the procedures for the process evaluation work; led the pilot RCT process evaluation; conducted semistructured interviews with participant groups; coded and analysed the pilot RCT interview data; and drafted the final report as part of the report writing team.
Shehzad Ali (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8042-3630) (Associate Professor, Public Health Economics) was a co-applicant on the Public Health Research funding application and a member of the TMG; designed and conducted the economic analysis; refined the protocol; and drafted the final report as part of the report writing team.
Jay Badenhorst (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5539-6776) (Superintendent Pharmacist, Pharmacy Practice) was a co-applicant on the Public Health Research funding application and a member of the TMG; refined the protocol; and read and reviewed the final report.
Della Bailey (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6059-2111) (Research Fellow, Applied Health Services Research) refined the protocol; supervised delivery of the intervention; recruited participants to the study, collected study data, provided feedback on and helped to refine the study procedures, and attended researcher meetings; and drafted the final report as part of the report writing team.
Suzanne Crosland (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6658-6815) (Research Fellow, Applied Health Services Research) refined the protocol; recruited participants to the study, collected study data, provided feedback on and helped to refine the study procedures, and attended researcher meetings; conducted semistructured interviews with participant groups; and read and reviewed the final report.
Charlotte EW Kitchen (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9323-0061) (Research Fellow, Applied Health Services Research) refined the protocol; recruited participants to the study, collected study data, provided feedback on and helped to refine the study procedures, and attended researcher meetings; refined the procedures for the process evaluation work; led the feasibility study process evaluation with supervision from Carolyn Chew-Graham; facilitated the focus group with pharmacy staff; conducted semistructured interviews with participant groups; coded and analysed the feasibility interview data with supervision provided by Carolyn Chew-Graham; and read and reviewed the final report.
Dean McMillan (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2901-8410) (Professor; Applied Health Services Research) was a co-applicant on the Public Health Research funding application and a member of the TMG; refined the protocol; and read and reviewed the final report.
Caroline Pearson (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0018-8464) (Trial Support Officer; Applied Health Services Research) refined the protocol; recruited participants to the study, collected study data, provided feedback on and helped to refine the study procedures, and attended researcher meetings; refined the procedures for the process evaluation work; conducted semistructured interviews with participant groups; and read and reviewed the final report.
Adam Todd (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1496-9341) (Reader and Pharmacist; Pharmacy Practice and Research) was a co-applicant on the Public Health Research funding application and a member of the TMG; refined the protocol; and drafted the final report as part of the report writing team.
Cate Whittlesea (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4951-2272) (Professor; Pharmacy Practice and Research) was a co-applicant on the Public Health Research funding application and a member of the TMG; refined the protocol; and read and reviewed the final report.
Clare Bambra (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1294-6851) (Professor; Public Health) was a co-applicant on the Public Health Research funding application and a member of the TMG; and read and reviewed the final report.
Catherine Hewitt (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0415-3536) (Professor; Statistics and Trials Methodology) was a co-applicant on the Public Health Research funding application and a member of the TMG; refined the protocol; designed the data analysis and provided oversight for the conduct of the data analysis; and read and reviewed the final report.
Claire Jones (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0799-6798) (Public Health Pharmacist; Public Health) was a co-applicant on the Public Health Research funding application and a member of the TMG; refined the protocol; and read and reviewed the final report.
Ada Keding (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1182-887X) (Statistician; Statistics and Trials Methodology) was a co-applicant on the Public Health Research funding application and a member of the TMG; refined the protocol; provided supervision to Elizabeth Coleman; and read and reviewed the final report.
Elizabeth Newbronner (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2366-9981) (Research Fellow; Qualitative Health Research) coded and analysed the pilot RCT interview data; and read and reviewed the final report.
Alastair Paterson (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8565-3304) (Clinical Pharmacist; Pharmacy) coded and analysed the pilot RCT interview data; and read and reviewed the final report.
Shelley Rhodes (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7195-8759) (Senior Trial Manager; Trials) drafted the ethics submission; refined the protocol; and read and reviewed the final report.
Eloise Ryde (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-7774) (Research Assistant; Applied Health Services Research) recruited participants to the study, collected study data, provided feedback on and helped to refine the study procedures, and attended researcher meetings; and read and reviewed the final report.
Paul Toner (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7801-7636) (Lecturer; Qualitative and Addiction Research) refined the procedures for the process evaluation work; facilitated the focus group with pharmacy staff; and read and reviewed the final report.
Michelle Watson (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1790-9953) (Research Fellow; Applied Health Services and Pharmacy Research) was the trial co-ordinator; refined the protocol; and read and reviewed the final report.
Simon Gilbody (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8236-6983) (Professor; Psychological Medicine and Applied Health Services Research) wrote the original protocol; was joint lead applicant on the Public Health Research funding application and a member of the TMG; was joint chief investigator and provided oversight to the study; refined the protocol; and approved the final report.
David Ekers (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3898-3340) (Professor; Mental Health Nursing and Applied Health Services Research) wrote the original protocol; was joint lead applicant on the Public Health Research funding application and a member of the TMG; was joint chief investigator and provided oversight to the study; refined the protocol; drafted the final report as part of the report writing team; and approved the final report.
Publications
Littlewood E, Ali S, Badenhorst J, Bailey D, Bambra C, Chew-Graham C, et al. Community Pharmacies Mood Intervention Study (CHEMIST): feasibility and external pilot randomised controlled trial protocol. Pilot Feasibility Stud 2019;5:71.
Chew-Graham CA, Kitchen CEW, Gascoyne S, Littlewood E, Coleman E, Bailey D, et al. The feasibility and acceptability of a brief psychological intervention for adults with long-term health conditions and subthreshold depression delivered via community pharmacies: a mixed methods evaluation – the Community Pharmacies Mood Intervention Study (CHEMIST). Pilot Feasibility Stud 2022;8:27.
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