Of course you don't have to pay in order to take part in the study. We will pay every participant $650 as a small thank you. Let me know if that sounds like something you might be interested in.
Details of the study:
We are interested in talking with patients who have recently had bariatric surgery and who would be willing to participate in a 4-week study to give their feedback on the tools we are developing. We will be asking each participant to try these tools for 4 weeks. During the first week, we would ask each person to come to our office in West Newton, MA for 1 hour to enroll in the study and learn about the materials.
We would then contact participants weekly through a short web survey, phone call, and email or text message to check in with them about how they’re doing and what the experience of using the materials is like for them. We expect that it will take participants about 1 hour per week to complete these activities. They will also spend some additional time using the materials on their own. During the final week, we will schedule an in-person interview in participant’s homes to get feedback on their overall experience with the program. This interview would take about 2.5 hours.