Incentives in Diabetic Eye Assessment by Screening (IDEAS): Study protocol of a three-arm randomized controlled trial using financial incentives to increase screening uptake in London

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Judah, Gaby ^a   Vlaev, Ivo ^b   Gunn, Laura ^c   King, Dominic ^a   King, Derek ^d   Valabhji, Jonathan ^e   Darzi, Ara ^a   Bicknell, Colin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Behavioral economics; Diabetes; Diabetic retinopathy; Financial incentives; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ECONOMICS; ENGLAND; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REWARD; VISION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RESEARCH DESIGN; REWARD; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 84963751311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12886-016-0206-4     Document Type: Article

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