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Secondary analysis of the Game of Stones trial for men with obesity : Examining moderator effects and exploratory outcomes

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dc.contributor.authorDombrowski, Stephan U
dc.contributor.authorHoddinott, Pat
dc.contributor.authorMacaulay, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorO’Dolan, Catriona
dc.contributor.authorSwingler, James
dc.contributor.authorCotton, Seonaidh
dc.contributor.authorAvenell, Alison
dc.contributor.authorGetaneh, Abraham
dc.contributor.authorGray, Cindy
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Kate
dc.contributor.authorKee, Frank
dc.contributor.authorMacLean, Alice
dc.contributor.authorMcKinley, Michelle C
dc.contributor.authorTorrens, Claire
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Katrina
dc.contributor.authorVan der Pol, Marjon
dc.contributor.authorMacLennan, Graeme
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Aberdeen Centre for Evaluationen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT)en
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Institute of Applied Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Health Economics Research Uniten
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-29T11:34:04Z
dc.date.available2025-07-29T11:34:04Z
dc.date.issued2025-08
dc.descriptionWe thank all the trial participants, general practitioners and supporters who made this research possible. We also thank the following: Kathryn Machray, PhD, and Norelle Calder-McPhee, MSc, University of Stirling; Clare Jess, LLB, Christina O’Neill BSc(Hons), Angela Mullan, HND, Queens University Belfast; Hilary Taylor, MSc, Jack Brazier MSc, and all the students who assisted; Matthew McDonald, PhD, Curtin University, Australia, and other team members from the feasibility trial who shared their experiences of recruiting and collecting data; the Men’s Health Forum in Great Britian and Ireland since 2010 for invaluable contributions to the design and conduct of this study; Martin Tod, BSc(Hons) and Jim Pollard, MA, Men’s Health Forum, London; Colin Fowler, BA(Hons), Men’s Health Forum in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; Paula Caroll, PhD, South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland; Michael McKeon, MEd, Dublin City University, Ireland; the Trial Steering Committee: Edmund Juszczak, MSc, University of Nottingham; Emma Frew, PhD, and Kate Jolly, PhD, University of Birmingham; Graham Jameson (lay member and participant in the Football Fans in Training trial); David Gardner (lay member and Chairman of Scottish Men’s Sheds), the Scottish Men’s Sheds Association, Banchory, for their oversight and guidance; the trial protocol contributors who are no longer involved with the study: Andrew Elders, MSc, Glasgow Caledonian University, and Beatriz Goulao, PhD, Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, University of Aberdeen for statistics contributions; Mark Forrest, BSc, Connor Keegan, BSc(Hons), and the team at the Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, University of Aberdeen, for technical administrative support and database and website development; Fiona M. Harris, PhD, University of the West of Scotland, for process evaluation contributions; Claire Jones, PhD, Jack Gilmore, BSc, Ross Teviotdale, BSc(Hons), and Keith Milburn, BSc(Hons), Health Informatics Centre, University of Dundee, who developed the participant tracker software and delivered the text intervention. Finally, we acknowledge the earlier work of I. K. Crombie, MSc, University of Dundee. Mr Gardner and Mr Graham received compensation for their contributions.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.format.extent15
dc.format.extent2163429
dc.identifier302970402
dc.identifierfdf563d0-03fb-4b2d-981a-c0e1b8bf4e90
dc.identifier105010144277
dc.identifier.citationDombrowski, S U, Hoddinott, P, Macaulay, L, O’Dolan, C, Swingler, J, Cotton, S, Avenell, A, Getaneh, A, Gray, C, Hunt, K, Kee, F, MacLean, A, McKinley, M C, Torrens, C, Turner, K, Van der Pol, M & MacLennan, G 2025, 'Secondary analysis of the Game of Stones trial for men with obesity : Examining moderator effects and exploratory outcomes', Obesity, vol. 33, no. 8, pp. 1432-1446. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.24316en
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/oby.24316
dc.identifier.iss8en
dc.identifier.issn1930-7381
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-4813-5628/work/187893383
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-1039-5646/work/187893777
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0009-0007-2352-4324/work/187894559
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2164/25778
dc.identifier.vol33en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofObesityen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.subjectobesityen
dc.subjectbehaviour changeen
dc.subjectfinancial incentivesen
dc.subjectsecondary analysisen
dc.subjectR Medicine (General)en
dc.subject.lccR1en
dc.titleSecondary analysis of the Game of Stones trial for men with obesity : Examining moderator effects and exploratory outcomesen
dc.typeJournal articleen

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