Use of Animations Movies to Increase Response in a National Health Survey

NCT05520242 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 10.882
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 201,200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the potential for animation movies to improve response rates and sample composition in an embedded randomized controlled trial in the Danish National Health Survey 2021. The overall research question is whether cover letters including an animation movie can perform better than generic letters.

Conditions

Response; Non-response

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The number of invited individuals who respond to the survey

  A respond is registered if the invited sample member responds to at least 1 question

  3 month

Study Arms (5)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

No animation

General animation movie

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants randomized to receive the general animation video

Other: Use of small animation movies to increase response in a national health survey

Men aged 16-24 years

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants randomized to receive the animation targeted men aged 16-24 years

Other: Use of small animation movies to increase response in a national health survey

Women aged 75 years or older

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants randomized to receive the animation targeted women aged 75 years or older

Other: Use of small animation movies to increase response in a national health survey

Ethnic minorities

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants randomized to receive the animation targeted ethnic minorities

Other: Use of small animation movies to increase response in a national health survey

Interventions

Use of small animation movies to increase response in a national health survey OTHER

Inclusion of animation movies in the invitation cover letter to a national health survey is tested in an embedded randomized controlled trial in the Danish National Health Survey 2021.

Ethnic minorities; General animation movie; Men aged 16-24 years; Women aged 75 years or older

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 16 years or older and living in Denmark at January 1th 2021.
• Able to receive an invitation through a secure electronical mail service (Digital Post).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern Denmark: lead
• Region Capital Denmark: collaborator
• North Denmark Region: collaborator
• Region Zealand: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

National Institute of Public health, University of Southern Denmark

Copenhagen, 1353, Denmark

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Christensen AI, Lau CJ, Poulsen HS, Ekholm O. Do animation videos increase participation in national health surveys? A randomised controlled trial. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2023 Aug 14;23(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s12874-023-02005-4.

  PMID: 37580666 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Anne I Christensen

  University of Southern Denmark

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 3, 2021
• First Posted: August 29, 2022
• Study Start: February 5, 2021
• Primary Completion: May 15, 2021
• Study Completion: May 15, 2021
• Last Updated: August 29, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DK (1)