@Article{info:doi/10.2196/14111,
author="Kim, Minjin
and Lee, Haeok
and Allison, Jeroan",
title="Challenges and Lessons Learned From a Mobile Health, Web-Based Human Papillomavirus Intervention for Female Korean American College Students: Feasibility Experimental Study",
journal="JMIR Form Res",
year="2020",
month="Jan",
day="29",
volume="4",
number="1",
pages="e14111",
keywords="mHealth; Web-based intervention; fraud; experimental design",
abstract="Background: Mobile health (mHealth) and Web-based research methods are becoming more commonplace for researchers. However, there is a lack of mHealth and Web-based human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention experimental studies that discuss potential issues that may arise. Objective: This study aimed to assess the feasibility of research procedures and discuss the challenges and lessons learned from an mHealth and Web-based HPV prevention experimental study targeting female Korean American college students in the United States. Methods: A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in an mHealth and Web-based platform with 104 female Korean American college students aged 18-26 years between September 2016 and December 2016. Participants were randomized to either the experimental group (a storytelling video intervention) or the comparison group (a nonnarrative, information-based intervention). Outcomes included the feasibility of research procedures (recruitment, eligibility, randomization, and retention). Results: From September 2016 to October 2016, we recorded 225 entries in our initial eligibility survey. The eligibility rate was 54.2{\%} (122/225). This study demonstrated a high recruitment rate (95.6{\%}, 111/122) and retention rate (83.7{\%}, 87/104) at the 2-month follow-up. Conclusions: Findings from this study demonstrated sufficient feasibility in terms of research procedures to justify a full-scale RCT. Given the increased possibility of invalid or misrepresentative entries in mHealth and Web-based studies, strategies for detection and prevention are critical. Trial Registration: ISRCTN Registry ISRCTN12175285; http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN12175285 ",
issn="2561-326X",
doi="10.2196/14111",
url="http://formative.jmir.org/2020/1/e14111/",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/14111",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32012036"
}