VIVE - the Danish Centre for Social Science Research, Herluf Trolles Gade 11, 1052, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Area 2 Seebohm Rowntree Building, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
Trials. 2021 Dec 4;22(1):872. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05826-0.
Lower than expected recruitment and retention rates are common challenges in parenting trials-particularly for community-based trials targeting parents of young children that rely on face-to-face recruitment by frontline workers. Recruitment requires parental informed consent, yet information sheets have been criticized for being lengthy and complex, and particularly challenging for parents with low literacy. Recent innovations include 'talking head' information videos. This paper aims to explore parent perceptions of using a 'talking head' video to support informed consent, recruitment, and retention procedures in parenting trials.
We conducted semi-structured interviews with a sample of 24 mothers recruited after their final follow-ups in two different parenting trials in Denmark. Before consenting to participate in the trials, parents were invited to view a video of a member of the study team giving information about the study, and again before the interviews for the current study. The audio data was transcribed and thematic analysis was conducted.
We identified three overarching themes: (1) general impression of the video, (2) thoughts on participation in research, and (3) recruitment and retention. Participants were generally positive in their appraisal of the two talking head informational videos. We found that participants felt that a mix of paper-based and video-based sources of information would enable them to make an informed choice about whether to participate in a research study. We also found that a professionally produced video featuring a key member of the study team produced a feeling of commitment to the study that could impact retention rates.
Informational videos are acceptable to parents; however, co-production or participant/patient involvement in the development of such videos is recommended. Informational videos may not increase recruitment but have the potential for improving retention. Key design recommendations are to ensure a 'professional' look to the video, to supplement videos with paper-based information, to keep the length to < 3 min, and for the 'talking head' part to feature a key member of the study team.
在育儿试验中，低于预期的招募和保留率是常见的挑战-特别是对于依赖一线工作人员面对面招募的针对幼儿父母的基于社区的试验。招募需要父母的知情同意，但信息表因冗长复杂而受到批评，对于文化程度低的父母来说尤其具有挑战性。最近的创新包括“说话人”信息视频。本文旨在探讨父母对使用“说话人”视频来支持育儿试验中的知情同意、招募和保留程序的看法。
我们对丹麦的两项不同育儿试验中的 24 名母亲进行了半结构化访谈，这些母亲在最后一次随访后被招募。在同意参与试验之前，父母被邀请观看研究团队成员提供有关研究信息的视频，然后在参加当前研究的访谈之前再次观看。音频数据被转录，并进行了主题分析。
我们确定了三个总体主题：（1）对视频的总体印象，（2）对参与研究的想法，以及（3）招募和保留。参与者对两个说话人信息视频的评价普遍较为积极。我们发现，参与者认为纸质和视频信息源的混合可以使他们能够对是否参与研究做出明智的选择。我们还发现，由研究团队的主要成员制作的专业视频可以产生对研究的承诺感，从而影响保留率。
信息视频是父母可以接受的；然而，建议共同制作或让参与者/患者参与视频的开发。信息视频可能不会增加招募，但有可能提高保留率。关键的设计建议是确保视频具有“专业”外观，用纸质信息补充视频，将长度保持在<3 分钟，并且“说话人”部分以研究团队的主要成员为特色。
