Recruitment to a randomized web-based nutritional intervention trial: characteristics of participants compared to non-participants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Web-based behavioral programs efficiently disseminate health information to a broad population, and online tailoring may increase their effectiveness. While the number of Internet-based behavioral interventions has grown in the last several years, additional information is needed to understand the characteristics of subjects who enroll in these interventions, relative to those subjects who are invited to enroll.

Objective

The aim of the study was to compare the characteristics of participants who enrolled in an online dietary intervention trial (MENU) with those who were invited but chose not to participate, in order to better understand how these groups differ.

Methods

The MENU trial was conducted among five health plans participating in the HMO Cancer Res

SUBMITTER: Stopponi MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2762858 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature