By: Hannah Grace Jones, Vanessa Lawrence, Elly Aylwin-Foster, Alan Simpson, Matthew Hotopf, Ewan Carr, Grace Lavelle
Methods: We followed a 4-stage coproduction process: co-assess, co-design, co-validate, and co-deliver. Our research advisory group was actively involved in all stages, consisting of 1 coinvestigator and 6 people with lived experience of long-term physical and/or mental health comorbidities. The co-assess and co-design stages involved our participatory design panel, which included 10 members living with various long-term conditions. The participatory design panel participated in online focus groups to assess their unmet psychosocial needs and then co-designed the intervention prototype through online workshops with software developers. The co-validation stage involved an additional group of participants (n=12) with long-term physical health conditions. During co-validation, the prototype underwent usability testing, including think-aloud exercises and semistructured interviews. Content analysis identified the priorities for the iterative development that formed the basis of further research advisory group co-design workshops. The next stage, co-delivery, involved coproducing the protocol of a feasibility and acceptability randomized controlled trial.
