Clinical trial NCT03849846: Using Focus Groups to Explore Perceptions of Adults With Low Socioeconomic Status Regarding the NutriQuébec Study
Official title: Recruiting Participants With Low Socioeconomic Status in the NutriQuébec Study: Using Focus Groups to Explore Their Beliefs, Preferences and Concerns
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Focus Groups
Keywords: Low socioeconomic status population
Web-based prospective cohort study
Focus groups
Recruitment
Behavioural beliefs
Normative beliefs
Control beliefs
Security of data
Use of data
Share of data
Lead sponsor: Laval University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-02-21
Enrollment: 28
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Adults with low socioeconomic status

Brief summary: NutriQuébec is a web-based prospective cohort study aiming to monitor and analyse the evolution of Québec population eating habits through annual questionnaires. The recruitment and retention of participants with low socioeconomic status (SES), known to be more hard to reach and recruit into health studies, will be major challenges in obtaining a representative sample of the Québec population.

The purpose of this study is to identify the behavioural, normative and control beliefs of individuals from low SES regarding a hypothetical participation in the NutriQuébec study. Their preferences regarding recruitment methods as well as their concerns about the security, use and share of data will also be identified.

Four moderator facilitated focus groups will be conducted in community centres (n=28 participants). The focus groups will be recorded, transcribed and coded by two coders using NVivo.

Detailed description: Four focus groups will be conducted in three community centers (n=6 to 8 participants/group; n=28 participants). First, all participants will read and sign the consent form. They will also complete a sociodemographic questionnaire. Then, the moderator will conduct the discussion using a semi-structured interview guide, based on the construct of the Theory of Planned Behaviour. The interview guide has been developed to identify the beliefs that determine the participants' attitudes (advantages/disadvantages), subjective norms (approval/disapproval of important others) and perceived behavioral control (facilitators/barriers) related to a hypothetical participation in the NutriQuébec study. The participants will also be questioned about their preferences regarding the recruitment as well as their concerns about the security, use and share of data. The focus groups will be recorded and transcribed. Two coders will perform the codification independently using NVivo 10.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults (18 years of age and older)
* Living in the Québec City Metropolitan Area
* Attending one of the three community centers where the focus groups will be conducted
* Be able to answer questionnaires in French

Exclusion Criteria:

None

Primary outcomes:
measure: The perceived advantages related to a hypothetical participation in the NutriQuébec study is based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (behavioural beliefs) and will be identified from focus groups.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: The perceived disadvantages related to a hypothetical participation in the NutriQuébec study is based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (behavioural beliefs) and will be identified from focus groups.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: The persons most likely to approve the participant hypothetical participation in the NutriQuébec study is based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (normative beliefs) and will be identified from focus groups.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: The persons most likely to disapprove the participant hypothetical participation in the NutriQuébec study is based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (normative beliefs) and will be identified from focus groups.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: The facilitators related to a hypothetical participation in the NutriQuébec study is based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (control beliefs) and will be identified from focus groups.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: The barriers related to a hypothetical participation in the NutriQuébec study is based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (control beliefs) and will be identified from focus groups.
timeFrame: Baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The preferences about the recruitment in the NutriQuébec study will be identified from focus groups.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: The concerns about the security of the data in the NutriQuébec study will be identified from focus groups.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: The concerns about the use of the data in the NutriQuébec study will be identified from focus groups.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: The concerns about the share of the data in the NutriQuébec study will be identified from focus groups.
timeFrame: Baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Québec
country: Canada
facility: Laval University
Study officials:
affiliation: Laval University
name: Benoît Lamarche, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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