The Men's Safer Sex project: intervention development and feasibility randomised controlled trial of an interactive digital intervention to increase condom use in men

Bailey J V, Webster R, Hunter R, Griffin M, Freemantle N, Rait G, Estcourt C, Michie S, Anderson J, Stephenson J, Gerressu M, Ang C S & Murray E
Record ID 32017000091
English
Authors' objectives: (1) Develop the Men's Safer Sex website to address barriers to condom use; (2) determine the best design for an online RCT; (3) inform the methods for collecting and analysing health economic data; (4) assess the Sexual Quality of Life (SQoL) questionnaire and European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions, three-level version (EQ-5D-3L) to calculate quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs); and (5) explore clinic staff and men's views of online research methodology.
Authors' recommendations: It would be feasible to conduct a large-scale RCT using clinic STI diagnoses as a primary outcome; however, technical errors and a poor response rate limited the collection of online self-reported outcomes. The next steps are (1) to optimise software for online trials, (2) to find the best ways to integrate digital health promotion with clinical services, (3) to develop more precise methods for collecting resource use data and (4) to work out how to overcome barriers to digital intervention testing and implementation in the NHS.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2016
URL for published report: https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/hta20910/#/abstract
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Humans
  • Condoms
  • Male
  • Men
  • Safe Sex
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
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