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  • Digital Health
  • Connected Health
  • Mobile Health

Background:

  • Participant recruitment is a major challenge in research studies.
  • Connected and mobile health platforms facilitate web-based studies.
  • Sleep is crucial for health but often understudied at scale.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate a novel approach for accelerating participant recruitment.
  • To maximize participant engagement using the Achievement Studies platform.
  • To examine the relationship between participant sleep and daytime function.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a web-based platform for study access and progress tracking.
  • Recruited participants from an existing community, assessing eligibility online.
  • Collected electronic informed consent, baseline questionnaires, and wearable device data (sleep/activity).

Main Results:

  • Enrolled 1156 participants in 5 days, with high initial enrollment rates.
  • Achieved high completion rates for baseline questionnaires (97.9%) and daily activities (90.6%).
  • Obtained objective sleep and activity data from a significant majority of participants (84.9%-86.5%).

Conclusions:

  • The Achievement Studies platform facilitated rapid recruitment and high engagement.
  • This web-based, connected health research method is promising for large-scale studies.
  • Limitations include reliance on participant internet access and wearable device ownership, potentially affecting generalizability.