{"id":59,"date":"2024-12-09T09:19:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2025-01-22T15:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:35:12","slug":"behavioral-activation-mobile-app-able-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/ongoing-research\/behavioral-activation-mobile-app-able-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Behavioral Activation Mobile App (ABLE) Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"CID5654585d-0f2a-496e-af4a-768f6d96da11\" data-sessionid=\"47dd79db-1ae0-37cf-dc78-7588e4409dbb\" data-shapeids=\"1026\" data-slideid=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cbsr\/files\/2024\/12\/ABLE-App-Screenshot-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"220\" class=\"size-full wp-image-229 aligncenter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">Behavioral activation (BA) is an evidence-based treatment for depression that fosters engagement in values-based <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">goals and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">activities to increase <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">contact <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">with <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">positive <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">environmental <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">reinforcement. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">In collaboration with the University of Manchester and the BU Software &amp; Innovation Lab (SAIL), we developed and tested <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">a mobile<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\"> app that uses BA to motivate smokers to quit<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">Mixed methods (focus groups &amp; surveys) were deployed to develop the app with the target population. This pilot randomized clinical trial was conducted with smokers in the UK.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\"> This work was funded by Cancer Research UK<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\"> (B. Borrelli, PI)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW73782920 BCX8\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW73782920 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\">Borrelli, B<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\">., Bartlett, Y. K., Fulford, D., Frasco, G., Armitage, C. J., &amp; Wearden, A. (2024). Behavioral activation mobile app to motivate smokers to quit: Feasibility and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\">. JMIR Formative Research, 8<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\">, e54912<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\">.<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\"> <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW49359717 BCX8\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2196\/54912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW49359717 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2196\/54912<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW49359717 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">.<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49359717 BCX8\"> PMID: 38573739.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behavioral activation (BA) is an evidence-based treatment for depression that fosters engagement in values-based goals and activities to increase contact with positive environmental reinforcement. 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