Potential of Online Recruitment Among 15-25-Year Olds: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Recruiting young people for health and intervention studies by traditional methods has become increasingly challenging. The widespread access to the internet may offer new strategies for online recruitment. This study aims to assess the feasibility of online recruitment for a randomized controlled t...

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Vydáno v:JMIR formative research Ročník 6; číslo 5; s. e35874
Hlavní autoři: Hoffmann, Sofie Have, Paldam Folker, Anna, Buskbjerg, Mark, Paldam Folker, Marie, Huber Jezek, Andrea, Lyngsø Svarta, Durita, Nielsen Sølvhøj, Ida, Thygesen, Lau
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Canada JMIR Publications 25.05.2022
Témata:
Clinical trials
Feasibility studies
Health promotion
Health services
Internet
Intervention
Mental health
Original Paper
Participation
Questionnaires
Social networks
Social research
Systematic review
Websites
Denmark
web based
well-being
online
young people
recruitment
mental health
ISSN:2561-326X, 2561-326X
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Shrnutí:Recruiting young people for health and intervention studies by traditional methods has become increasingly challenging. The widespread access to the internet may offer new strategies for online recruitment. This study aims to assess the feasibility of online recruitment for a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of Mindhelper, an online national youth mental health promotion service. The target group was young Danes aged 15-25 in need of mental health promotion. Advertisements for recruitment were set up on Facebook and Instagram. Browser history was collected for a subsample of participants. We compared basic characteristics of participants who completed the baseline survey and those who did not, as well as of participants who completed the follow-up survey and those who were lost to follow-up. The significance of these differences was tested with the Pearson chi-square test. A total of 560 Danes aged 15-25 were recruited within 1 month (ie, had completed the baseline survey). Among these participants, 356 (63.6%) were at risk of developing depression or stress. The average advertisement price per participant completing the baseline questionnaire was 31 DKK (approximately €4 [US $4.2]). The follow-up survey was sent to 545 participants, of whom 318 (58.3%) completed the survey. No statistically significant differences were observed in baseline characteristics of participants who completed the follow-up and those who were lost to follow-up in terms of gender (P=.45), age (P=.35), occupation (P=.17), cohabitation (P=.90), mental well-being (P=.26), mental illness (P=.44; impact of the illness, P=.05), or use of the internet when having a hard time (P=.92). We conclude that it is feasible to recruit young Danes online for a large-scale randomized controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of Mindhelper. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04650906; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04650906.
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ISSN:2561-326X
2561-326X
DOI:10.2196/35874