Changing behaviour to enable design and delivery of greener trials?

改变行为以实现更环保的试验的设计和交付？

• 批准号: 2901975
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Aberdeen
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2901975
• 关键词: Changing; behaviour; enable; design; delivery

Background to the project Fifteen years ago, the Sustainable Trials Study Group concluded that 'clinical trials contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.' and current estimates predict that the 350,000 trials registered on clinicaltrials.gov have a carbon usage of 27.5M tonnes. General recommendations targeting the reduction of carbon usage in research (NIHR Carbon Reduction Guidelines) were published in 2019 yet progress to decarbonise trials remains slow. Of the small number of studies that have explored carbon usage in clinical trials, factors such as trial team and participant related travel have been identified as key impacts. Of the sources of carbon usage across clinical trials many of these are linked to the role of human behaviour and rely on people (patients, clinicians, trial staff) performing actions (such as receiving or delivering a trial intervention, or attending a clinic). There are many influences on participants, trial staff, and clinicians' behaviours within clinical trials. These trial-related environmental behaviours are common across trial designs and clinical contexts often contextually dependent and amenable to change. Applying behavioural science to the problem of carbon usage in clinical trials offers critical, replicable, and generalisable insights for the clinical trials community.this studentship aims to address this knowledge gap by applying behavioural science to investigate the key challenges and opportunities for delivery of low carbon trials.what the studentship will encompass:this studentship aims to identify the challenges and opportunities for delivery of low carbon trials. Specifically, it will:1. determine which carbon 'hotspots' across the trial lifecycle (design, conduct, analysis, and reporting) can be considered as priority pro-environmental behaviours that are potentially amenable to change (literature review and re-analysis of process map)2. Identify key opportunities and challenges faced by trial teams in relation to pro-environmental behaviours related to trial design, conduct, analysis, and reporting (interviews/focus groups and survey)3. Develop pro-environmental behaviour change intervention(s) to target trial teams during the trial lifecycle and establish feasibility and acceptability (behaviour change intervention development and participatory approaches)4. Produce a 'how-to' guide for trial teams on how to develop and implement behavioural diagnostics and solutions for supporting low carbon trials.

项目背景 十五年前，可持续试验研究小组得出结论：“临床试验会导致温室气体排放。”目前估计，在 ClinicalTrials.gov 上注册的 350,000 项试验的碳使用量为 2750 万吨。针对减少研究中碳使用的一般性建议（NIHR 碳减排指南）于 2019 年发布，但脱碳试验进展仍然缓慢。在探索临床试验中碳使用的少数研究中，试验团队和参与者相关旅行等因素已被确定为关键影响。在临床试验中的碳使用来源中，许多都与人类行为的作用有关，并依赖于人们（患者、临床医生、试验人员）执行的行动（例如接受或提供试验干预措施，或去诊所）。临床试验中的参与者、试验人员和临床医生的行为会受到许多影响。这些与试验相关的环境行为在试验设计和临床环境中很常见，通常取决于具体情况并且易于改变。将行为科学应用于临床试验中的碳使用问题，为临床试验界提供了关键的、可复制的和普遍的见解。该奖学金旨在通过应用行为科学来调查低碳试验的关键挑战和机遇来解决这一知识差距。该奖学金将涵盖什么：该奖学金旨在确定低碳试验的挑战和机遇。具体来说，它将：1。确定整个试验生命周期（设计、实施、分析和报告）中的哪些碳“热点”可被视为可能需要改变的优先环保行为（文献回顾和流程图的重新分析）2。确定试验团队在试验设计、实施、分析和报告（访谈/焦点小组和调查）相关的环保行为方面面临的主要机遇和挑战3。在试验生命周期中针对试验团队制定有利于环境的行为改变干预措施，并建立可行性和可接受性（行为改变干预措施的制定和参与性方法）4。为试验团队提供有关如何开发和实施行为诊断和解决方案以支持低碳试验的“操作指南”。