A practical guide to implementing a successful social media recruitment strategy: lessons from the Eczema Monitoring Online trial
ConclusionsUnpaid social media posts recruited the most participants; however, it was time consuming for the researcher. Paid Facebook adverts rapidly recruited a large number of participants for a low cost and provided flexibility to target specific audiences. Our findings indicate that social media is an efficient tool that can potentially support recruitment to clinical trials.Trial registrationISRCTN45167024. Registered on 29 June 2021. (Source: Trials)
Source: Trials - October 27, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials
Smartphone-assisted guided self-help cognitive behavioral therapy for young people with distressing voices (SmartVoices): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
This study offers a low-intensity psychological intervention for youth with distressing voices beyond diagnostic boundaries that, using a mobile technology approach, may match the treatment preferences of the generation of “digital natives.”Trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register DRKS00026243. Registered on 2 September 2021 (Source: Trials)
Source: Trials - October 23, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials
Randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of various washout policies versus no washout policy in preventing catheter associated complications in adults living with long-term catheters: study protocol for the CATHETER II study
This study will guide treatment decision-making and clinical practice guidelines regarding the effectiveness of various prophylactic catheter washout policies in men and women living with LTC. This research has received ethical approval from Wales Research Ethics Committee 6 (19/WA/0015).Trial registrationISRCTNISRCTN17116445. Registered prospectively on 06 November 2019 (Source: Trials)
Source: Trials - August 4, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials
Waterpipe Marketing Aim 3
Condition: Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Interventions: Behavioral: Package/Advertisement With Claim; Behavioral: Package/Advertisement Without Claim Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences Not yet recruiting (Source: ClinicalTrials.gov)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov - June 30, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials
Optimization of a new adaptive intervention using the SMART Design to increase COVID-19 testing among people at high risk in an urban community
This study follows Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) principles to conduct a Sequential, Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) with 670 COVID-19 medically/socially vulnerable people. Participants will be recruited using a variety of strategies including advertisements on social media, posting fliers in public places, street outreach, facility-based, and snowball sampling. Participants complete a baseline survey and are randomized to receive navigation services or an electronic brochure. They then complete a follow-up 7 days after baseline and are randomized again to either continue with their original as...
Source: Trials - April 14, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials
