Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research
Date Submitted: Mar 24, 2019
Date Accepted: Sep 24, 2019
Feasibility, Challenges, and Lessons Learned: Online-Based HPV Prevention Experimental Study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Online recruitment and enrollment methods for experimental studies of health behavior pose unique challenges to data validity when monetary incentives are involved.
Objective:
This paper assessed the feasibility of the research procedures and discussed the challenges, and lessons learned from an online-based human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention experimental study targeting Korean American college women in the United States.
Methods:
A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in an online laboratory with 104 Korean American college women aged 18-26 years between September 2016 and December 2016. Participants were randomized to the experimental group (a storytelling video intervention) or comparison group (non-narrative, information-based intervention). Outcomes included: feasibility of research procedures (eligibility, recruitment, randomization, and retention).
Results:
Findings from this study demonstrated sufficient feasibility in terms of research procedures to justify a full-scale RCT. Given the increased possibility of invalid or misrepresentative entries in online-based studies, strategies for detection and prevention are critical.
Conclusions:
We learned that online-based study is efficient, reduces participant burden, and provides flexibility to carry out research with hard-to-reach populations. Given the increased possibility of fraudulent activity in online-based studies, strategies for detection and prevention are critical.
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