To determine the impact of the application of behavioral economic strategies on recruitment of pediatric patients into a randomized clinical trial assessing the impact of technology-based interventions on postoperative pain management.
Patients will be asked to watch one of two videos in either Phase 1 or Phase 2 relating to recruitment and fill out a survey to determine their likelihood to enroll in a research study. Patients 12-18 years of age presenting for surgery that requires postoperative admission and usually requires narcotic administration.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
128
Behavioral economics (BE), a method of economic analysis that applies psychological insights into human behavior to explain economic decision-making, has broad applicability and its techniques offer a novel way that may be applied to try to help enhance study recruitment and enrollment.
Phase 1 will focus on patients that would be enrolled into a biofeedback-based virtual reality (VR-BF) arm.
Commercially available and free app to track, analyze and monitor pain.
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, United States
To Determine the Impact of the Application of Behavioral Economic Strategies on Recruitment of Pediatric Patients Into a Randomized Clinical Trial Assessing the Impact of Technology-based Interventions on Postoperative Pain Management.
Survey to identify likelihood to participate in study using a 5-point Likert scale (1="Extremely Unlikely" to 5="Extremely Likely").
Time frame: Baseline
Willingness to Participate in Clinical Trial
If given the opportunity, would you participate in the clinical trial?
Time frame: Baseline
Intention to Adhere to Therapy - Would Practice
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I would practice this technology at least once per day before surgery.
Time frame: Baseline
Acceptability of Therapy - Excitement
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I would be excited to use this technology.
Time frame: Baseline
Perception of Efficacy - Less Pain
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I believe this technology would help me have less pain after surgery.
Time frame: Baseline
Perception of Risk - Side Effects
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I am worried that this technology would have a lot of side effects.
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Time frame: Baseline
Opinion of Treatment Burden - Ease of Use
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I feel that this technology would be easy to use.
Time frame: Baseline
Intention to Adhere to Therapy - Would Use
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I would use this technology at least once per day after surgery while I was still needing it.
Time frame: Baseline
Acceptability of Therapy - Pain Medication
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I would like to use this technology to help me take less pain medication.
Time frame: Baseline
Acceptability of Therapy - Recommend to Others
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I would recommend this therapy to other individuals undergoing surgery.
Time frame: Baseline
Acceptability of Therapy - Preference
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I would prefer using this technology over taking pain medications.
Time frame: Baseline
Perception of Efficacy - Less Pain Medication
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I believe that this technology would help me use less pain medication after surgery.
Time frame: Baseline
Perception of Risk - Amount
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I believe that this technology would be too risky for me to use.
Time frame: Baseline
Opinion of Treatment Burden - Independence
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I would feel comfortable using this technology independently without supervision.
Time frame: Baseline
Opinion of Treatment Burden - Familiar
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I am familiar with how to use this type of technology.
Time frame: Baseline
Opinion of Treatment Burden - Pay for Technology
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I would pay for the opportunity to use this technology during my recovery. I am comfortably using technologies like this.
Time frame: Baseline
Opinion of Treatment Burden - Technology Comfort
Based on answers to the following survey questions which were assessed along a 5-point Likert scale (from 1="Strongly Disagree" to 5= "Strongly Agree"): I am comfortably using technologies like this.
Time frame: Baseline