Clinical trial NCT02777944: Motivate: A Web-based Intervention
Official title: Motivate: A Web Based Intervention to Increase Attendance at an Eating Disorder Service
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Eating Disorders
Keywords: motivation
attendance
Lead sponsor: Bournemouth University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
First posted: 2016-05-19
Enrollment: 313
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to test whether MotivATE can increase attendance at assessment. This will be done using a single-consent Zelen randomised control trial, with all non-emergency adult clients referred to the Kimmeridge Courte Eating Disorder Service over a one year period being randomised to either treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU plus access to the MotivATE intervention prior to their assessment appointment.

Detailed description: MotivATE is a web-based intervention intended to be delivered at the point of referral to an Eating Disorder (ED) service. The intervention focuses on managing expectations of assessment, addressing ambivalence and increasing users' motivation and confidence to attend their initial appointment. This is achieved through the use of information, motivational tools, interactive activities and stories from other individuals with EDs spread across four 15-20 minute modules. These modules have been evaluated by service-users who have an ED.

The aim of this study is to test whether MotivATE can increase attendance at assessment. This will be done using a single-consent Zelen randomised control trial, with all non-emergency adult clients referred to the Kimmeridge Courte Eating Disorder Service over a one year period being randomised to either treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU plus access to the MotivATE intervention prior to their assessment appointment.

Routine audit data will be collected to compare the number of people who attend their assessment appointment in the MotivATE group verses the control group. Usage data generated by the intervention will also be assessed. Twenty participants from the MotivATE group will be invited to give qualitative feedback about their experience of the intervention.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion criteria

1) Referrals to the eating disorders service during the study period.

Exclusion criteria

1. Inpatients or emergency and urgent cases.
2. Patients who have already been randomised into the study.
3. Non English speakers

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of Participants Who Attended Initial Assessment Appointment
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number of Participants Who Accessed the Intervention Program
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Number of Participants Who Volunteered to Provide Qualitative Feedback on the Motivate Program
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Bournemouth University
name: Katherine M Appleton, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Denison-Day J, Muir S, Newell C, Appleton KM. A Web-Based Intervention (MotivATE) to Increase Attendance at an Eating Disorder Service Assessment Appointment: Zelen Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2019 Feb 27;21(2):e11874. doi: 10.2196/11874.