| Autor: |
Sofie Have Hoffmann, Anna Paldam Folker, Mark Buskbjerg, Marie Paldam Folker, Andrea Huber Jezek, Durita Lyngsø Svarta, Ida Nielsen Sølvhøj, Lau Thygesen |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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| Zdroj: |
JMIR Formative Research, Vol 6, Iss 5, p e35874 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2561-326X |
| DOI: |
10.2196/35874 |
| Popis: |
BackgroundRecruiting 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. ObjectiveThis 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. MethodsAdvertisements 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. ResultsA 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). ConclusionsWe conclude that it is feasible to recruit young Danes online for a large-scale randomized controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of Mindhelper. Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04650906; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04650906 |
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