Publications about the ActWELL study

Here are all the publications for ActWELL listed. All publications are cost free to download and read, just follow the link.

This paper presents the main results of the ActWELL trial:
- Anderson, A.S., Chong, H.Y., Craigie, A.M. et al. A novel approach to increasing community capacity for weight management a volunteer-delivered programme (ActWELL) initiated within breast screening clinics: a randomised controlled trial. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 18, 34 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01099-7 Link: https://rdcu.be/cgANV

This paper describes the trial intervention:
- Anderson, A.S., Craigie, A.M., Gallant, S. et al. Optimisation of the ActWELL lifestyle intervention programme for women attending routine NHS breast screening clinics. Trials 21, 484 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04405-z Link: https://rdcu.be/ce6aZ

This paper is the protocol/plan for the trial:
- Anderson AS, Craigie AM, Gallant S, et al Randomised controlled trial to assess the impact of a lifestyle intervention (ActWELL) in women invited to NHS breast screening. BMJ Open 2018;8:e024136. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024136 Link: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/11/e024136

This paper describes the initial work to develop the ActWELL trial:
- Conway E, Wyke S, Sugden J, Mutrie N, Anderson AS; ActWELL team. Can a lifestyle intervention be offered through NHS breast cancer screening? Challenges and opportunities identified in a qualitative study of women attending screening. BMC Public Health. 2016 Aug 11;16(1):758. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3445-7. PMID: 27515673; PMCID: PMC4982403. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27515673/

This paper describes a study run in addition to ActWELL with the same particpants:
- Treweek S, Gallant S and Anderson AS. SWAT 76 evaluation: randomised evaluation of sending pre-notification cards to trial participants before a face-to-face primary outcome measurement to increase attendance [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. F1000Research 2021, 10:84 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.50890.1). LINK: https://f1000research.com/articles/10-84/v1

This paper describes how we moved face-to-face events online in order to inform particpants, lifestyle coaches and other stakeholders about the ActWELL trial results:
- Bruhn, H., Anderson, A.S., Hickman, A. et al. Letter on “Sharing trial results directly with trial participants and other stakeholders after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic hit the UK – experience from the ActWELL trial”. Trials 22, 381 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05340-3 Link: http s://rdcu.be/cl0j2