@article{c7e495f841574d668a221254d262a3c8,
title = "Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of text messages with or without endowment incentives for weight management in men with obesity (Game of Stones): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial",
abstract = "Obesity increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, mobility problems and some cancers, and its prevalence is rising. Men engage less than women in existing weight loss interventions. Game of Stones builds on a successful feasibility study and aims to find out if automated text messages with or without endowment incentives are effective and cost-effective for weight loss at 12 months compared to a waiting list comparator arm in men with obesity.",
keywords = "Randomised controlled trial, Men with obesity, Text messages, Financial incentives, Weight management, Health inequalities, Process evaluation, Cost-efectiveness",
author = "Lisa Macaulay and Catriona O{\textquoteright}Dolan and Alison Avenell and Paula Carroll and Seonaidh Cotton and Stephan Dombrowski and Andrew Elders and Beatriz Goulao and Cindy Gray and Harris, {Fiona M.} and Kate Hunt and Frank Kee and Graeme MacLennan and McDonald, {Matthew David} and Michelle McKinley and Rebecca Skinner and Claire Torrens and Martin Tod and Katrina Turner and {van der Pol}, Marjon and Pat Hoddinott",
note = "Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank all the trial feldworkers for their work on recruitment and data collection: Kathryn Machray (University of Stirling); Clare Jess and Christina O{\textquoteright}Neill (Queen{\textquoteright}s University Belfast); Hilary Taylor and Jack Brazier, University of Bristol). We thank GP practices and local stakeholders who have advertised the trial; PPI contributors; Clinical Research Networks and men for participating during challenging times. We would also like to thank the independent members of the TSC: Edmund Juszczak – Chair (University of Nottingham); Emma Frew (University of Birmingham), David Gardner (lay member and Chairman of Scottish Men{\textquoteright}s Sheds); Graham Jameson (lay member and participant in FFIT trial), Kate Jolly (University of Birmingham); and Jim McManus, Director of Public Health for Hertfordshire County Council) for their oversight and guidance. We are grateful for the technical/admin support and database/website development by Mark Forrest, Alina Uyazina, Connor Keegan, Kirsty McCormack and the team at CHaRT (University of Aberdeen), Jack Gilmore, Keith Milburn and Claire Jones at HIC (University of Dundee) who delivered the SMS text interventions and developed the participant tracker software and also extend thanks to administrative support from Karen Stanton, Karen Murray and Joy Taylor at the University of Stirling. Funding This trial is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), UK (Ref: NIHR 129,703). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. The funder does not have a role in the design (beyond their review of the application), analysis, interpretation of data or in writing the manuscript.",
year = "2022",
month = jul,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1186/s13063-022-06504-5",
language = "English",
volume = "23",
journal = "Trials",
issn = "1745-6215",
publisher = "BioMed Central",
number = "1",
}
