The Effect of Active Choice on Nurse Visit Participation

The Effect of Time-Slot Scheduling and Active Choice on Biometric Screening and Nurse Visit Participation

The goal of this project is to see if behavioral nudges will increase an individual's likelihood of participating in a nurse visit. The behavioral nudges under consideration are encouraging subjects to make an active choice and sending reminders.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Participation in Nurse Visits
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: The Effect of Active Choice on Nurse Visit Participation

Detailed Description

The employees in our sample will schedule their nurse visit time slot via e-mail and a health service provider website. Much as is the case in the current system, the control group will be informed via e-mail of the window of dates during which they can take part in the on-site screening and given instructions for scheduling an appointment. The treatment group, the active choice only arm, will be given the same information as the control group, but they will also be asked to make an appointment immediately, defer the scheduling decision, or decline to receive a screening. The treatment group will also receive email reminders one week before their appointment.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 3500
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Nevada
    • Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 89119
      • Caesars Corporate Office

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Harrah's employee
• Registered e-mail address with Harrah's
• Part of Harrah's Choosing Wellness Program

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under 18
• Already participated in a nurse visit

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Control Arm; The control group will be informed via e-mail of the window of dates during which they can take part in the on-site screening and given instructions for scheduling an appointment.	Behavioral: The Effect of Active Choice on Nurse Visit Participation; The goal of this project is to see if active choice will increase an individual's likelihood of participating in a nurse visit. The employees in our sample will schedule their nurse visit time slot via e-mail and a health service provider website. The control group will be informed via e-mail of the window of dates during which they can take part in the on-site screening and given instructions for scheduling an appointment. The treatment group, the active choice only arm, will be given the same information as the control group, but they will also be asked to make an appointment immediately, defer the scheduling decision, or decline to receive a screening. The treatment group will also receive email reminders one week before their appointment.; Other Names: Active Choice and Participation
Experimental: Active Choice Only Arm; The active choice only arm, will be given the same information as the control group, but they will also be asked to make an appointment immediately, defer the scheduling decision, or decline to receive a screening.	Behavioral: The Effect of Active Choice on Nurse Visit Participation; The goal of this project is to see if active choice will increase an individual's likelihood of participating in a nurse visit. The employees in our sample will schedule their nurse visit time slot via e-mail and a health service provider website. The control group will be informed via e-mail of the window of dates during which they can take part in the on-site screening and given instructions for scheduling an appointment. The treatment group, the active choice only arm, will be given the same information as the control group, but they will also be asked to make an appointment immediately, defer the scheduling decision, or decline to receive a screening. The treatment group will also receive email reminders one week before their appointment.; Other Names: Active Choice and Participation

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Nurse Visit Participation	We will measure whether or not subjects scheduled and participated in a nurse visit. We will compare the number of subjects who participated in the nurse visits by treatment arms.	This will be measured after all of the nurse visit windows have been closed, by 4/30/11

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Collaborators: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: David I Laibson, Ph.D, National Bureau of Economic Research

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: December 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2012
• Study Completion (Actual): January 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 29, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 29, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): November 30, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): May 18, 2012
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 16, 2012
• Last Verified: May 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Behavioral economics; Active choice; Nurse visits
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0001 (Researcher); P30AG034532 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)