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CompletedNCT01250392

The Effect of Active Choice on Nurse Visit Participation

The Effect of Time-Slot Scheduling and Active Choice on Biometric Screening and Nurse Visit Participation

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
3,500 (actual)
Sponsor
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this project is to see if behavioral nudges will increase an individual's likelihood of participating in a nurse visit. The behavioral nudges under consideration are encouraging subjects to make an active choice and sending reminders.

Detailed description

The employees in our sample will schedule their nurse visit time slot via e-mail and a health service provider website. Much as is the case in the current system, the control group will be informed via e-mail of the window of dates during which they can take part in the on-site screening and given instructions for scheduling an appointment. The treatment group, the active choice only arm, will be given the same information as the control group, but they will also be asked to make an appointment immediately, defer the scheduling decision, or decline to receive a screening. The treatment group will also receive email reminders one week before their appointment.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALThe Effect of Active Choice on Nurse Visit ParticipationThe goal of this project is to see if active choice will increase an individual's likelihood of participating in a nurse visit. The employees in our sample will schedule their nurse visit time slot via e-mail and a health service provider website. The control group will be informed via e-mail of the window of dates during which they can take part in the on-site screening and given instructions for scheduling an appointment. The treatment group, the active choice only arm, will be given the same information as the control group, but they will also be asked to make an appointment immediately, defer the scheduling decision, or decline to receive a screening. The treatment group will also receive email reminders one week before their appointment.

Timeline

Start date
2010-12-01
Primary completion
2012-01-01
Completion
2012-01-01
First posted
2010-11-30
Last updated
2012-05-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01250392. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.