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

Preventative Health Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01305798
• Other study ID #: 0003
• Secondary ID: P30AG034532
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 30, 2010
• Last updated: April 10, 2017
• Start date: April 2011
• Est. completion date: August 2011

Study information

• Verified date: April 2017
• Source: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this project is to see if behavioral nudges will increase an individual's likelihood of participating in a biometric screening. The behavioral nudges under consideration are assigning preselected time-slots, encouraging subjects to make an active choice, and sending reminders.

Description:

The employees in our sample will schedule their time slot for a biometric screening 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 first treatment group, the active choice and default option arm, will be informed via e-mail of a preselected time and date for their screening, which we will have generated randomly. This group will be asked to accept the default time, schedule a different time, defer the scheduling decision, or decline to receive a screening by clicking the appropriate option in the email. The second 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 two treatment groups will also receive email reminders one week before their appointment and again one day before their appointment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 11000
• Est. completion date: August 2011
• Est. primary completion date: August 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Employee of Express Scripts

• Employee at a targeted Express Scripts location

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-employees of Express Scripts

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Preventative Health

Intervention

Other:
• Scheduling and Active Choice for Biometric Participation
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 will be given instructions for scheduling an appointment. The active choice and default option arm will be informed via e-mail of a preselected time and date for their screening, which we will have generated randomly. This group will be asked to accept the default time, schedule a different time, defer the scheduling decision, or decline to receive a screening by clicking the appropriate option in the email. 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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Express Scripts	St. Louis	Missouri

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.	National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of employees enrolled in the intervention who complete a biometric screening through their work on-site clinic.	We will measure the employee biometric screening completion rates for each arm of the study.	up to 6 months