A new paper called: 'Protocol for the Process Evaluation of the Online Remote Behavioural Intervention for Tics (ORBIT) randomized controlled trial for children and young people' has been published in the journal 'Trials'. 

The ORBIT study is a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of an Internet-delivered behavioural intervention (called BIP TIC) compared to an Internet-delivered education programme aimed at children and young people with tics. A process evaluation will be undertaken alongside the main trial to determine precisely how the behavioural intervention works and ascertain whether, and if so, how, the intervention could be successfully implemented in standard clinical practice.

The protocol paper describes the rationale, aims, and methodology of the ORBIT trial process evaluation. The paper was written by PhD student Kareem Khan in collaboration with: Professor Chris Hollis; Dr Charlotte Hall; Dr Bethan Davies; Professor David Mataix-Cols; PhD student Per Andrén; T. Murphy; Dr Bev Brown; Professor Elizabeth Murray and Professor Cris Glazebrook. The process evaluation explores the experiences of participants, therapists and supervisors and referring clinicians of a complex online intervention.