Microsteps Study-Short, Animated Storytelling Video

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Behavior, Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Storytelling video; Behavioral: Instructional Video; Behavioral: Microsteps

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06967337

80047

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the effect of single exposure to written Microsteps messages and short video booster content, on behavioral expectation to adopt behavioral nudges, in the immediate and medium term. Beyond that, the study will examine the effect of exposure to written Microsteps messages and short video booster content, on hope and happiness. This study will be conducted entirely online. Adult participants, in the US and the UK, will be recruited through the platform Prolific Academic (ProA).

Enrollment: 5,431 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Registered with the Prolific Academic platform
• Using a GLP-1RA medication or having used a GLP-1RA medication in the past.

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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5,431 participants in 3 patient groups

Written messages of Microsteps and Instructional video

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be shown written Microsteps messages presenting various behavioral nudges and a short instructional video. Thereafter, they will be asked to complete a questionnaire to assess their behavioral expectation of adopting the behavioral nudges and two visual analogue scales measuring hope and happiness. Two weeks later, participants will be invited to return and complete these outcome assessments again.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Instructional Video

Behavioral: Microsteps

Written messages of Microsteps and Storytelling video

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be shown written Microsteps messages presenting various behavioral nudges, as well as a short, animated storytelling video. Thereafter, they will be asked to complete the questionnaire assessing their behavioral expectation of adopting the behavioral nudges and two visual analogue scales measuring hope and happiness. Two weeks later, participants will be invited to return and complete these outcome assessments again.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Microsteps

Behavioral: Storytelling video

Do-nothing Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will not be exposed to either the microsteps or video content before they are asked to complete the questionnaire assessing their behavioral expectation of adopting the behavioral nudges and two visual analogue scales measuring hope and happiness. Two weeks later, participants will be invited to return and complete these outcome assessments again.