Trial reportBMJ open2015
The Men's Safer Sex (MenSS) trial: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of an interactive digital intervention to increase condom use in men.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Mobile phone-based interventions for improving contraception use.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological interventions for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in older adults: A systematic review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Assessment of patient engagement with a mobile application among service members in transition.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2016Trial
- Translating group programmes into online formats: establishing the acceptability of a parents' sex and relationships communication serious game.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Increasing Condom Use and STI Testing: Creating a Behaviourally Informed Sexual Healthcare Campaign Using the COM-B Model of Behaviour Change.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Recommendations for the Development of HIV Prevention Interventions Among Latino Young Sexual Minority Groups.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2021Article
- The Psychological Models of Health-related Behavior in Understanding Sugars Intake in Adults: A Review.Oman medical journal · 2020Review
- Quality of HIV Websites With Information About Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis or Treatment as Prevention for Men Who Have Sex With Men: Systematic Evaluation.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2018Article
- Using eHealth to Reach Black and Hispanic Men Who Have Sex With Men Regarding Treatment as Prevention and Preexposure Prophylaxis: Protocol for a Small Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
- Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness of the Homework Intervention Strategy (eHIS) Program to Enhance Male Condom Use: Research Protocol.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
- How Best to Obtain Valid, Verifiable Data Online From Male Couples? Lessons Learned From an eHealth HIV Prevention Intervention for HIV-Negative Male Couples.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionSexually transmitted infections (STI) are a major public health problem. Condoms provide effective protection but there are many barriers to use. Face-to-face health promotion interventions are resource-intensive and show mixed results. Interactive digital interventions may provide a suitable alternative, allowing private access to personally tailored behaviour change support. We have developed an interactive digital intervention (the Men's Safer Sex (MenSS) website) which aims to increase condom use in men. We describe the protocol for a pilot trial to assess the feasibility of a full-scale randomised controlled trial of the MenSS website in addition to usual sexual health clinical care. METHODS AND ANALYSIS:
participantsMen aged 16 or over who report female sexual partners and recent unprotected sex or suspected acute STI. PARTICIPANTS (N=166) will be enrolled using a tablet computer in clinic waiting rooms. All trial procedures will be online, that is, eligibility checks; study consent; trial registration; automated random allocation; and data submission. At baseline and at 3, 6 and 12 months, an online questionnaire will assess condom use, self-reported STI diagnoses, and mediators of condom use (eg, knowledge, intention). Reminders will be by email and mobile phone. The primary outcome is condom use, measured at 3 months. STI rates will be recorded from sexual health clinic medical records at 12 months. The feasibility of a cost-effectiveness analysis will be assessed, to calculate incremental cost per STI prevented (Chlamydia or Gonorrhoea), from the NHS perspective. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval: City and East NHS Research Ethics Committee (reference number 13 LO 1801). Findings will be made available through publication in peer-reviewed journals, and to participants and members of the public via Twitter and from the University College London eHealth Unit website. Raw data will be made available on request. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Current Controlled Trials. ISRCTN18649610. Registered 15 October 2013 http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN18649610.
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