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 A how-to guide to design and develop your intervention protocol

Need an example?? See See: 

• For research interventions: Way to Health mapped protocol example.docx 
• For open inbox pilots: Open Inbox Requirements.docx

Big picture questions:

Develop an event schedule for each arm of your study.  For each events these include:

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1. Welcome to study message
   • Start: Day 0
   • Time: As soon as the participant is started in the arm
   • Message:PARTICIPANT, welcome to the game study! You will start every week with 60 points. For each day that you meet your target, you will keep 10 points. At the end of the week, if you have more than 50 points or more, you will move up a level. If you have less than 40 points, you will drop down a level.
   • Repeat: no
     
     
2. Daily step count from Fitbit
   • Start: Day 0
   • Time: As soon as the participant is started in the arm
   • Length of window: All day
   • Repeat: daily- every 1 day, 30 times 
   • Compliance: If participant walks > target steps, mark as compliant. Otherwise, subtract 10 from their point balance.
     
     
3. Exercise tip #1 
   • Start: Day 3
   • Time: 9 am 
   • Message: Exercise tip #1: Use a buddy system! Find a friend or relative who also wants to establish a healthier lifestyle and keep each other accountable to goals. 
   
   
4. Support partner messaging
   • Start: Day 3
   • Time: 11 am 
   • Repeat: daily- every 1 day, 27 times 
   • Feedback: If participant has met their step goal at least 1 of the last 3 days, mark them as compliant. Otherwise send message to support partner.
   • Message: 
     • PARTICIPANT_FIRSTNAME has not met their step count goal on at least 1 of the last 3 days. Please reach out to them to provide some encouragement!
       
       
5. Weekly level message
   • Start: Day 7
   • Time: 10 am 
   • Feedback: 
     • If participant has 50 or more points, the participant will be sent a message and move up a level. The point balance will reset to 70 points.
     • Otherwise the participant will be sent a different message and move down a level. The point balance will reset to 70 points.
   • Message: 
     • If participant has 50 or more points: You ended the week with (Game Points) points and met your goals! You are not at the (Levels) level. 
     • If participant has less than 50 points: Unfortunately, you ended the week with (Game Points) points and did not meet your goals. You are not at the (Levels) level.
6. Midpoint survey
   • Start: Day 15
   • Time: 10 am 
   • Message Prompt: Hi PARTICIPANT,  please click the following link to complete the mid-point demo survey! You have until END_DATE to complete the survey. SURVEY_LINK
   • Length of Time to Complete: 14 days
     
   • Repeat: no

   • Feedback: If the event is completed, the participant will be credited $50.
     
     

7. Mid point survey reminder

   • Start: Day 18

   • Time: 10 am 

   • Message: Please rememeber to log into the Fitbit study to complete your mid-point survey! 

   • Repeat: daily- every 2 days, 3 times 

   • Only send reminder to those who haven't completed the survey 

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