SleepResearcher
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Hi all,
I am in the final year of my PhD candidacy at the University of Cape Town. In order to finish my research I am desperately trying to find 15 more study participants. There are two reasons why I wanted to start this thread. First and foremost, I wanted to get your advice on where to find these research participants (i.e. people who are willing to participate in research studies). Second, as I am posting about my study anyway, I might as well use this opportunity to ask if you are perhaps keen on participating in my study?
So far, I have recruited via active recruitment, radio, newspapers, media release, social media and newsletters. However, most of my participants (180 total) come from friend/family referrals. Active recruitment (i.e. going out there and speak to random people) is the least fruitful; I guess people are not waiting to be approached during their time off. Q1 is: How would you go about and recruit study participants?
Q2 is: Would you please consider helping me out by participating in my study? If you are from the Cape Town area, and you want to find out if you are eligible, please consider participating. Also, please forward this message / link to as many of your friends and family in Cape Town.
What is the study about?
I can't say too much, because that may influence potential participant's behaviour and affect my study results. It's about Health, Lifestyle and Sleep.
Who can participate?
I am looking for 10-15 more participants with a BMI less than 25, and a waist circumference less than 88cm (females) or 102cm (males) (the low BMI group), and 10 more participants with a BMI over 25, and a waist circumference over 88cm (for females) or 102cm (for males) (the high BMI group). Age must be >30, but preferably around 50 yrs old. For some reason participants in this age category are specifically hard to recruit.
What does participation entail?
You are required to visit the Sports Science Institute of South Africa (Boundary rd, Newlands, Cape Town) on the agreed-upon date and time (this is not a commercial research study, the UCT division where I study at is just based in the Sports Science Institute). We will then perform the following assessments:
I am in the final year of my PhD candidacy at the University of Cape Town. In order to finish my research I am desperately trying to find 15 more study participants. There are two reasons why I wanted to start this thread. First and foremost, I wanted to get your advice on where to find these research participants (i.e. people who are willing to participate in research studies). Second, as I am posting about my study anyway, I might as well use this opportunity to ask if you are perhaps keen on participating in my study?
So far, I have recruited via active recruitment, radio, newspapers, media release, social media and newsletters. However, most of my participants (180 total) come from friend/family referrals. Active recruitment (i.e. going out there and speak to random people) is the least fruitful; I guess people are not waiting to be approached during their time off. Q1 is: How would you go about and recruit study participants?
Q2 is: Would you please consider helping me out by participating in my study? If you are from the Cape Town area, and you want to find out if you are eligible, please consider participating. Also, please forward this message / link to as many of your friends and family in Cape Town.
What is the study about?
I can't say too much, because that may influence potential participant's behaviour and affect my study results. It's about Health, Lifestyle and Sleep.
Who can participate?
I am looking for 10-15 more participants with a BMI less than 25, and a waist circumference less than 88cm (females) or 102cm (males) (the low BMI group), and 10 more participants with a BMI over 25, and a waist circumference over 88cm (for females) or 102cm (for males) (the high BMI group). Age must be >30, but preferably around 50 yrs old. For some reason participants in this age category are specifically hard to recruit.
What does participation entail?
You are required to visit the Sports Science Institute of South Africa (Boundary rd, Newlands, Cape Town) on the agreed-upon date and time (this is not a commercial research study, the UCT division where I study at is just based in the Sports Science Institute). We will then perform the following assessments:
- Health and Lifestyle questionnaire.
- Height, weight and waist circumference.
- Fingerprick glucose and cholesterol test.
- Blood samples to test for: glucose, insulin, HbA1c and cholesterol.
- Simple fitness test.
- Asked to wear a activity tracker and keep a diary for the next 7 days.
- Optional body composition scan.
- Optional resting metabolic rate test.
- Optional 2-night at-home sleep study (polysomnography).
- No option for body composition scan, resting metabolic rate test or polysomnography.
- Repeat the assessments after 8 weeks.
- It's fun!
- It's free!
- You'll learn a lot about yourself, because all results will be shared with you.
- YOU HELP ME OUT!!
- Complete this eligibility questionnaire, or send an email to [email protected]
- I will contact you to let you know whether you are eligible, and to make the appointment for the assessments.
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