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Trial reportInternational journal of methods in psychiatric research2021

Does the management of personal integrity information lead to differing participation rates and response patterns in mental health surveys with young adults? A three-armed methodological experiment.

Claes Andersson, Marcus Bendtsen, Petra Lindfors, Olof Molander, Philip Lindner, Naira Topooco, Karin Engström, Anne H Berman

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Trial report in International journal of methods in psychiatric research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05085756 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Swedish Partnership in the WHO-WMH-ICS Study on National Mapping and E-health Interventions for Mental Health Issues Among University Students: Psychological Internet Treatment for Improved Mental Health

TypeinterventionalSponsorUppsala UniversityRan2022 to 2027Enrolled200ConditionsPsychological DisorderArmsPuma
NCT05509660 nacompletednot on this map

E-health Interventions for Common Mental Health Problems Among University Students in Sweden: Pilot Study of Transdiagnostic Internet-based Psychological Treatment

TypeinterventionalSponsorUppsala UniversityRan2021 to 2023Enrolled30ConditionsPsychological DisorderArmsPUMA+, PUMA
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Claes AnderssonDepartment of Criminology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-9819-2474
Marcus BendtsenDepartment of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8678-1164
Petra LindforsDepartment of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8213-1391
Olof MolanderCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5348-051X
Philip LindnerCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden.
Naira TopoocoDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5972-3041
Karin EngströmDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anne H BermanDepartment of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-7709-0230

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study evaluates whether initiation rates, completion rates, response patterns and prevalence of psychiatric conditions differ by level of personal integrity information given to prospective participants in an online mental health self-report survey.

methodsA three-arm, parallel-group, single-blind experiment was conducted among students from two Swedish universities. Consenting participants following e-mail invitation answered the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health-International College Student (WMH-ICS) mental health self-report survey, screening for eight psychiatric conditions. Random allocation meant consenting to respond (1) anonymously; (2) confidentially, or (3) confidentially, where the respondent also gave consent for collection of register data.

resultsNo evidence was found for overall between-group differences with respect to (1) pressing a hyperlink to the survey in the invitation email; and (2) abandoning the questionnaire before completion. However, participation consent and self-reported depression were in the direction of higher levels for the anonymous group compared to the two confidential groups.

conclusionsConsent to participate is marginally affected by different levels of personal integrity information. Current standard participant information procedures may not engage participants to read the information thoroughly, and online self-report mental health surveys may reduce stigma and thus be less subject to social desirability bias.

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Mass ScreeningMental HealthHumansProspective StudiesSingle-Blind MethodSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adultanonymousconfidentialmental healthonline surveypersonal integrityregister data

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PMCPMC8633924

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