Amy J. Morgan|Anthony F. Jorm|Andrew Mackinnon
Internet-Based Recruitment to a Depression Prevention Intervention: Lessons From the Mood Memos Study
Orygen Youth Health|University of Melbourne|Melbourne Health|Orygen Youth Health|University of Melbourne|Melbourne Health|Orygen Youth Health|University of Melbourne
recruiting participants randomized controlled trials health interventions difficult internetbased recruitment becoming increasingly important mode recruitment yet detailed accounts experiences recruiting participants mental health interventionsto report experience internetbased recruitment online depression prevention intervention pass lessons learnedparticipants recruited mood memos study online preventive depression intervention purely internetbased sources study targeted adults subthreshold depression symptoms several englishspeaking countries variety online recruitment sources trialed including search engine advertising google yahoo bing facebook advertising posts forums online noticeboards promotion relevant websites email newsletters mental health organizationsthe study website received visits 94808 individuals 14month recruitment period recruitment target reached 1699 individuals signing randomized controlled trial 1326 fully enrolling visitors arrived via google advertising promoted depressionscreening questionnaire google advertising accounted nearly half total participants signed study average cost aud 12 per participant promoting study trustworthy organizations websites known participants also effective recruitment techniques less effective contacting forums email groups community noticeboardsseveral techniques including google advertising successful recruiting participants trial evaluating online depression intervention results suggest internetbased recruitment mental health interventions feasible relatively affordableactrn12609000925246