ArticleJMIR formative research2022
Potential of Online Recruitment Among 15-25-Year Olds: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.
Article in JMIR formative research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04650906 (A Feasibility Study for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mindhelper- a National Youth Mental Health Promotion Website), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
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A Feasibility Study for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mindhelper- a National Youth Mental Health Promotion Website
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Effectiveness and Costs of Participant Recruitment Strategies to a Web-Based Population Cohort: Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Observational
- A Self-Guided Digital Mental Health Promotion Service Targeting Young People: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Incentives and Trust Are the Main Drivers of Recruiting Participants in 6 African Countries via Web-Based Environments: A Vignette Survey Experiment.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Help-seeking for depression among Vietnamese migrant workers in Japan and factors related to their intentions to seek help from a psychiatrist: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Recruiting Young People for Digital Mental Health Research: Lessons From an AI-Driven Adaptive Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
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- Use of social media in recruiting young people to mental health research: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Utilization of online systems to promote youth participation in research: A methodological study.World journal of methodology · 2023Article
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Abstract
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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