Investigating the effect of providing monetary incentives to participants on completion rates of referred co-respondents: An embedded randomized controlled trial

• DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2024.101267
• Publication Date: 2024-02-08T08:15:39Z
• Authors: Abby Dunn; James Alvarez; Amy Arbon; Stephen Bremner; Chloe Elsby-Pearson; Richard Emsley; Christopher Jones; Peter Lawrence; Kathryn J. Lester; Natalie Morson; Nicky Perry; Julia Simner; Abigail Thomson; Sam Cartwright-Ha...
• Keywords: Trial design; Co-respondent; Medicine (General); R5-920; Incentives; 05 social sciences; SWAT; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; RCT; Article

The use of a second informant (co-respondent) is common method identifying potential bias in outcome data (e.g., parent-report child outcomes). There is, however, limited evidence regarding methods increasing response rates from co-respondents. financial incentives associated with higher levels engagement and follow-up collection online surveys. This study investigated whether paid to index participants an trial parenting-focused intervention, would lead co-respondent collection.