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ArticlePilot and feasibility studies2015

The person-based approach to enhancing the acceptability and feasibility of interventions.

Lucy Yardley, Ben Ainsworth, Emily Arden-Close, Ingrid Muller

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Article in Pilot and feasibility studies, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 208 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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208citing papers in PubMed, 15 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

208 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 376 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lucy YardleySchool of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK.
Ben AinsworthCentre for Applications of Health Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Emily Arden-CloseCentre for Behaviour Change, Department of Psychology, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.
Ingrid MullerCentre for Applications of Health Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK ; Primary Care and Population Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
University of Southampton · GBBournemouth University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis paper provides three illustrations of how the "person-based approach" can be used to assess and enhance the acceptability and feasibility of an intervention during the early stages of development and evaluation. The person-based approach involves using mixed methods research to systematically investigate the beliefs, attitudes, needs and situation of the people who will be using the intervention. The in-depth understanding of users' perspectives derived from this research then enables intervention developers to design or modify the intervention to make it more relevant, persuasive, accessible and engaging.

methodsThe first illustration describes how relevant beliefs and attitudes of people with asthma were identified from the existing qualitative and quantitative literature and then used to create

resultsIn the first illustration of the person-based approach, we present the guiding principles we developed to summarise

conclusionsThe person-based approach to intervention development can complement theory- and evidence-based development and participant input into intervention design, offering a systematic process for systematically investigating and incorporating the views of a wide range of users.

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Behaviour changeEvaluation studiesFeasibility studiesHealth promotionInternetPatient educationPerson-based approachProfessional educationQualitative research

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PMID27965815
PMCPMC5153673
OpenAlexW1823187802

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