Feasibility of a Mobile Health App for Routine Outcome Monitoring and Feedback in Mutual Support Groups Coordinated by SMART Recovery Australia: Protocol for a Pilot Study

Peter J Kelly   ^{1, 2} , BSc, GradDipAppPsych, PhD ;   Alison K Beck   ¹ , BPsych (Hons), DClin ;   Amanda L Baker   ³ , BA (Hons), MPsych, PhD ;   Frank P Deane   ^{1, 2} , BSc, MSc, PGDipClinPsych, PhD ;   Leanne Hides   ⁴ , BBehSc (Hons), PhD ;   Victoria Manning   ⁵ , BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD ;   Anthony Shakeshaft   ⁶ , BA, MA, PhD ;   Briony Larance   ^{1, 2} , BSc (Hons), PhD ;   Joanne Neale   ⁷ , BA (Hons), MA, CQSW, DPhil ;   John Kelly   ⁸ , BSc, PhD ;   Christopher Oldmeadow   ⁹ , BMath (Hons), PhD ;   Andrew Searles   ¹⁰ , BEc, MMedStat, DipEd, PhD ;   Carla Treloar   ⁶ , BSc (Hons), PhD ;   Rebecca M Gray   ⁶ , BA (Hons), MA, PhD ;   Angela Argent   ¹¹ , BA (Hons), PhD ;   Ryan McGlaughlin   ¹¹ , PGCert, MNFPSocEntM

¹ Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

² Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, Australia

³ School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia

⁴ Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, Lives Lived Well Group, School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane St Lucia, Australia

⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

⁶ Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Centre for Social Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

⁷ Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

⁸ Centre for Addiction Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States

⁹ Clinical Research Design, IT and Statistical Support Unit, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton, Australia

¹⁰ Health Research Economics Unit, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton, Australia

¹¹ SMART Recovery Australia, Sydney, Australia