The Who
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Would you be happy to be contacted about research? (The Who)
IRAS ID
291348
Contact name
Sarah Lawton
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Directorate of Research Innovation and Engagement
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
TBC, Research Registry
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 1 months, 31 days
Research summary
The Who is a randomised study which will examine the utility of a text message (SMS) sent to people by their general practice, with a link URL to an online Keele Health Survey (KHS) questionnaire, to collect brief research data. The aim of this study is to examine the proportion of people registered with primary care general practices that would be happy to be contacted about research of relevance to them.
Participating general practices (GPs) will be randomly allocated to two groups (A & B). Group A: A pre-notification text message (SMS) will be sent to eligible people informing them of their imminent invitation to participate in The Who, two days later a brief text message (SMS) will be sent from the GP to eligible people, inviting them to participate in The Who. Group B: A brief text message (SMS) will be sent from the GP to eligible people, inviting them to participate in The Who.
A reminder invitation text message (SMS) will be sent to all eligible people after 7 days.
People will be recruited to the research following receipt of an invitation text message (SMS) sent by their GP. Following invitation, people will have up to 3 weeks to participate. From approximately 20 participating GPs, approximately n=10,000 participants will be recruited.
Objectives of the study include: to examine response rates to an invitation to complete an online Keele Health Survey questionnaire, delivered by SMS message from the GP; to examine the difference in response rates to the invitation to participate in the study with and without a pre-notification text message (SMS); and to estimate the number of people that would be happy to be contacted about future research studies relevant to their health and to explore the reasons for their answers.REC name
London - Surrey Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/PR/1292
Date of REC Opinion
14 Sep 2021
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion