Participants best performing week One participant did not provide adherence results for their first week. Therefore, their results are not included. Participant TMR01 TMR02 TMR03 TMR04 TMR05 TMR06 TMR07 TMR09 Experimental x x x x x Control x Equal x Overall, 5 of the 7 remaining participants (71%) performed better when under the experimental condition, receiving … Continue reading Adherence results: overall experiment
Performance results per group Experimental condition (group B) Overall adherence for group B in the second stage was 93% iframe content Control condition (group A) Overall adherence for group A in the second stage was 68% Which group was adherent In stage two, group B under experimental condition was adherent, whilst group A, under control condition … Continue reading Adherence results: Stage Two
Participant selection Include a knockout question in the screener that asks if they found it difficult to remember to take short-term medication. Use this information to knockout those who said no. Formality I often used the term “I” when communicating with the participants because I alone was running the experiment. Similar to the Hawthorne effect, … Continue reading Experiment: things I would change/do different next time
People see it as a challenge/want to please you When contacting participants to inform them that the second stage of the study was starting soon, I received a reply saying: Won’t let you down This particular participant had been one of the least adherent of them all, and from that message, it seemed like they … Continue reading Discussion: experiments
Slide 2 – Introduction This is Celine. Celine’s doctor recently prescribed her a course of antibiotics for an infection. When Celine was first prescribed her medication, she was highly motivated to take her medication. When first prescribed, she received internal cues from her body that reminded her to take her medication. After a few … Continue reading Final presentation
Experimental condition (group A) Overall adherence for group A in the first stage was 92% Group A missed very few pills and took their pills at the scheduled times, or within one hour of it. Control condition (group B) Overall adherence for group B in the first stage was 71% Two participants in group B … Continue reading Adherence results: Stage One
1. People forget One of the participants forgot their medication on the very first day of the trial. Not a very good start, but it might be representative of behaviour when taking medication. However, because most people who are willing to take medication at least take the first one in an effort to reduce their … Continue reading What I learnt during the pilot study
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Scheduling the trigger Each participant in the experimental condition would need to be reminded twice per day. To reduce the chance of unintentional bias caused by human error, I have decided not to send the reminder manually out to each participant. Instead, I have looked into ways of automating the reminders.