The HelpMeDoIt! team would like to thank:Selin Campbell for her valuable contribution as PPI member to our Trial Management Groupour software collaborators at JamHot (Glasgow, UK) for their development and hosting of the app and websiteDr Jean McQueen for conducting and analysing a sample of the 6-month interviews, and also for supporting the trial management of the studyDr Sarah Barry and Dr Mohsen Rezaeihemami for their work on the quantitative and health economic analysisPhD researchers, Bernardette Bonello, Ian MacNeill and Simon Barrett, for their support with interview transcriptionthe Scottish Primary Care Network for their help with recruitmentand our NIHR liaisons (Lewis Bradley, Margarida Resende and Dawn Kean) for their advice throughout the study.
We would also like to thank all members of our Trial Steering Committee for their valuable input during the study: Professor Colin Greaves (chairperson), Dr Marilyn Lennon, Dr Haroon Ahmed, Dr Ruth Jepson and Mr Kenneth Wallace (PPI).
Additional time on the study was supported by UK MRC and Chief Scientist Office (CSO) core funding as part of the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit ‘Complexity in Health Improvement’ programme (MC_UU_12017/14 and SPHSU14) and ‘Social Relationships and Health Improvement’ programme (MC_UU_12017/11 and SPHSU11). Sharon Anne Simpson was further supported by MRC Strategic Award MC_PC_13027.
Contributions of authors
Sharon Anne Simpson (Professor, Behavioural Medicine) was principal investigator of the study, and led the design, implementation and interpretation of study findings, as well as contributing to the drafting, revision and approval of the final report.
Lynsay Matthews (Research Fellow, Social and Public Health) was trial manager of the study, conducted the process evaluation and prepared the overall findings for publication in the report.
Juliana Pugmire (Research Associate, Social and Public Health) was primary researcher for the qualitative component of the study. She led the data collection, analysis and prepared the qualitative results for publication in the report.
Alex McConnachie (Assistant Director of Biostatistics, Statistics) conducted the quantitative statistical analysis and prepared the quantitative results for publication in the report.
Emma McIntosh (Professor, Health Economics) conducted the health economic analysis and prepared these results for publication in the report.
Elinor Coulman (Research Associate, Trial Management) contributed to the study’s design, implementation and interpretation, and was involved in drafting and revising the final report.
Kathryn Hughes (Clinical Lecturer, Primary Care) contributed to the study’s design, implementation and interpretation, and was involved in drafting and revising the final report.
Mark Kelson (Senior Lecturer, Statistics) contributed to the study’s design, implementation and interpretation, and was involved in drafting and revising the final report.
Sarah Morgan-Trimmer (Research Fellow, Process Evaluation) contributed to the study’s design, implementation and interpretation, and was involved in drafting and revising the final report.
Simon Murphy (Professor, Social Interventions and Health) contributed to the study’s design, implementation and interpretation, and was involved in drafting and revising the final report.
Olga Utkina-Macaskill (Trial Administrator) contributed to the development of the HelpMeDoIt! intervention, was involved in drafting and revising the final report and reviewing the plain English summary.
Laurence Moore (Professor, Social and Public Health) contributed to the study’s design, implementation and interpretation, was involved in drafting and revising the final report.
Publication
Matthews L, Pugmire J, Moore L, Kelson M, McConnachie A, McIntosh E, et al. Study protocol for the ‘HelpMeDoIt!’ randomised controlled feasibility trial: an app, web and social support-based weight loss intervention for adults with obesity. BMJ Open 2017;7:e017159.
Data-sharing statement
All data requests should be submitted to the corresponding author for consideration. Access to available anonymised data may be granted following review.
Disclaimers
This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the PHR programme or the Department of Health and Social Care. If there are verbatim quotations included in this publication the views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the PHR programme or the Department of Health and Social Care.