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Social Desirability Bias in response to a health behaviour survey

Experimental study of the effects of introducing social desirability bias in responses to a health behaviour survey.

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ANZCTR
Registry ID
ACTRN12611000254998
Acronym
SDB
Enrollment
4200
Registered
2011-03-08
Start date
2011-10-17
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study aims to test experimental hypotheses which will assist in improving the design of behavioural intervention trials, and inform the interpretation of findings reported to date, leading to better decisions about health policy and clinical practice.

Interventions

Behavioural: All participants will be asked to complete a short (5 minute) web-based survey. The initial part of the survey will be comprised of questions about physical activity, diet, smoking and alcohol intake. All participants will answer the same questions for each section apart from alcohol where participants will be randomised to one of two groups (A or B). The Group A survey will be titled “Recent Drinking” and followed by 3 questions regarding alcohol intake over the past 4 weeks. The G

Behavioural: All participants will be asked to complete a short (5 minute) web-based survey. The initial part of the survey will be comprised of questions about physical activity, diet, smoking and alcohol intake. All participants will answer the same questions for each section apart from alcohol where participants will be randomised to one of two groups (A or B). The Group A survey will be titled “Recent Drinking” and followed by 3 questions regarding alcohol intake over the past 4 weeks. The Group B survey will be titled “Alcohol Use Disorders” and a brief introduction will say the questions are used to identify alcohol use disorders followed by 7 behavioural questions. They will then see a heading of “Recent Drinking” followed by the same 3 questions from Group A concerning alcohol intake over the past 4 weeks. The entire web-based survey will have a median completion time of less than 5 minutes.

Sponsors

A/Prof Kypors Kypri
Lead SponsorIndividual

Study design

Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

English speaking adults who are 18 years and over

Exclusion criteria

Nil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ANZCTR · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026