Developing and testing a web-based intervention to encourage early help-seeking in people with symptoms associated with lung cancer

British Journal of Health Psychology
Julia MuellerChris Todd

Abstract

To detail the development method used to produce an online, tailored, theory-based, user-centred intervention to encourage help-seeking for potential lung cancer symptoms. Intervention development was structured around the person-based approach. The feasibility study involved a randomized controlled trial design. Intervention development drew on qualitative inquiries, the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), and identifying concrete mechanisms of change to implement in the intervention (Behaviour Change Techniques). The final intervention involved two key features: (1) tailoring and (2) 'TPB components' to target beliefs about help-seeking. In an online feasibility study, we recruited people reporting potential lung cancer symptoms using mailing lists, social media, websites, and Google AdWords. Participants were randomized to the intervention, a tailored comparison group (CG) without TPB-components, an untailored CG with TPB components, or a CG with neither. Following treatment, participants clicked a button to indicate whether they wished to make an appointment and completed a TPB questionnaire. A total of 130 participants reporting relevant symptoms were recruited (24% of website visitors). Participants in the intervention gro...Continue Reading

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