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)

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107541
• Publication Date: 2024-04-21T17:16:37Z
• Authors: Anna K.M. Blackwell; Shadi Daryan; Deborah Roy; Daniel Duffy; Garrett Hisler; Katherine Sawyer; Ben Ainsworth; Derek Richards; Douglas Hiscock; Sophia Papadakis; Jamie Brown; Marcus R. Munafò; Pamela Jacobsen; Paul Aveyard; Gemma Taylor
• Keywords: Depression

In the UK, smoking prevalence in people with depression (34%) and anxiety (29%) is more than double that of general population (13%). People who stop improve their mental health comparable effect sizes found for antidepressants. England, online psychological therapy a standard treatment anxiety. Online an acceptable setting cessation support; however, integrated support not available. This novel study aims to assess acceptability feasibility intervention, trial procedures, offered alongside as it offers increased reach common difficulties smoke. A two-armed; Intervention (Integrated SilverCloud support) control group (SilverCloud usual care), pragmatic, randomised controlled trial. We aim recruit 500 adult smokers eligible treatment. Follow-up will be conducted at 3-months 6-months. procedures (i.e., recruitment, data completeness, self-reported satisfaction) intervention quit attempt, engagement programs, medicine e-cigarette use, pilot clinical outcomes biologically validated abstinence, anxiety, depression, quality health). If Trial successful, effectiveness follow examine whether increases abstinence improves compared care. registration: ISRCTN10612149 (https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN10612149), 02/02/2023.