Effect of Storytelling on Questionnaire Completion and Quality of Collected Data in an E-Cohort

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorSKEZI

About this trial

This study is a randomized controlled trial, nested in the SKETHIS e-cohort, aiming to evaluate whether adding a modest, narrative-driven, strorytelling introduction to a Patient-Reported Outcome questionnaire increases completion without compromising data quality.

This trial is led by SKEZI, a DeepTech start-up which markets a data collection solution and carries out the InnoPRO program, aimed at generating new knowledge in the field of e-cohorts.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Being a current SKETHIS participant (eligibiliy criteria: being 18 or older, living in France, reading and understanding French, having a digital device with internet access and a valid e-mail address)

Having completed the main SKETHIS questionnaire and the socio-demographic information questionnaire

Providing consent to participate to the study

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Storytelling questionnaire

    Other intervention

    In the context of the SKETHIS e-cohort, participants receive an email inviting them to complete a new online questionnaire regarding their physical activity. Participants are unaware that the experiment is being conducted or that the questionnaire uses storytelling.

Treatment groups

500 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: StorytellingExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: NeutralNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Completion rate

Proportion of participants who complete the Patient-Reported Outcome questionnaire within 30 days after the questionnaire is first sent, calculated as number of participants who fully completed the questionnaire divided by total number of participants included in the study (or arm)

Time frame
30 days after sending the questionnaire

Secondary outcomes

1

Completion rate for non-mandatory questions

Number of participants who answered additional non-mandatory questions divided by number of participants who validated the questionnaire

Time frame
30 days after sending the questionnaire
2

Ratio number of answered questions over time spent on the questionnaire

Number of answered questions divided by time spent on the questionnaire

Time frame
30 days after sending the questionnaire
3

Internal validity of the Patient-Reported Outcome questionnaire

Cronbach alpha and "floor and ceiling effects" for the Patient Reported Outcome questionnaire (Global Physical Activity Questionnaire)

Time frame
30 days after sending the questionnaire

Other outcomes

1

Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) Score

Score for level of physical activity calculated as per the WHO GPAQ questionnaire guideline

Time frame
30 days after sending the questionnaire
2

Participants' satisfaction

Net promoter score: "On a scale of 0 to 5, how likely are you to recommend participation to SKETHIS to a friend or colleague?"

Time frame
30 days after sending the questionnaire
3

Participants' satisfaction open-ended question

Number of dimensions identified by grounded theory analysis for the responses to the open-ended question on satisfaction: "What would you change to make the questionnaire more enjoyable to complete?"

Time frame
30 days after sending the questionnaire
4

Perceived scientificity of the questionnaire

Score for the question: "On a scale of 0 to 5, how serious do you take this scientific questionnaire?"

Time frame
30 days after sending the questionnaire

Sponsors and contacts

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