None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
A slumped posture has been shown to result in more negative mood, lower alertness, and poorer cognitive processing, than a neutral or upright posture. Posture may therefore be important in health contexts, particularly for the retention and processing of health-related information. The current study aims to test whether an upright posture can increase the recall of health information compared to a slumped posture group, specifically more positive recall. The study will also investigate whether posture affects a person’s perceptions of medication information. It is hypothesised that the upright posture will recall more positive health information and less negative health information than the slumped posture group. It is also hypothesised that the upright posture group will result in more positive expectations of the medication, more confidence and willingness to take the medication, more positive and higher arousal states, and greater use of more insight words and fewer first personal pronouns. It is hypothesised that the effects of upright posture on recall and perceptions will be mediated by more positive mood and higher alertness.
Interventions
The study will be a randomised control trial that follows a 1:1 randomisation ratio.
The study is a single-centre study that will be conducted at the University of Auckland Grafton Clinical Centre. The study session is a one-off session that is expected to take approximately 30 to 40 minutes and is delivered by the co-investigator of the study. Participants will be allocated to either the group seated in a slumped posture or the group seated in an upright posture. The seating posture is manipul
The study will be a randomised control trial that follows a 1:1 randomisation ratio. The study is a single-centre study that will be conducted at the University of Auckland Grafton Clinical Centre. The study session is a one-off session that is expected to take approximately 30 to 40 minutes and is delivered by the co-investigator of the study. Participants will be allocated to either the group seated in a slumped posture or the group seated in an upright posture. The seating posture is manipulated by discretely altering the height of an iPad/ tablet tripod stand. The iPad/ tablet stand will be at a fixed height for all the participants in each condition. For participants in the upright posture group, the stand will be set 1.30 meters above the ground. For participants in the slumped posture, the stand will be set 0.65 meters above the ground. Those participants with a low height stand are expected to adopt a slumped posture to see the screen properly (intervention condition), whereas those with a high height stand are expected to adopt a more upright posture to see the screen (control condition). Participants will not know that there are two groups that have different height screens. At the start of the session, participants will receive a brief introduction. They will be told that the study will investigate whether a video is a good way to tell patients about health and medical information. Participants will be asked permission to turn on a video camera (to record postural angles), which serves as a postural manipulation check. However, to maintain participant blindness, participants will be told that the video camera is set up to ensure that all the participants watch the full video and complete the questionnaires without being distracted (e.g. not using their mobile phone while watching the video). Participants in both groups will first complete the demographic questionnaire and then watch an 8-minute health information video. The video contains audio-recorded instructions for the task and a brief introduction of what psoriasis is. The main content is a recording of a mock consultation with Dr Paul Jarrett (Consultant dermatologist). The mock consultation explains a type of treatment recommended to treat severe psoriasis, along with the benefits, side effects of the treatment and how to take the medication. After the participants have watched the video, they will complete a series of online questionnaires. The design of the content of the video is partly based on a previous study showing that healthy participants have poor memory of information given about an anaesthetic (Sanderberg et al., 2012).
Sponsors
The University of Auckland
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
The inclusion criteria for the study will be (1) participants are able to understand, read and write/type in English (2) participants are aged 16 or more.
Exclusion criteria
The exclusion criteria for the study will be (1) participants who have impaired vision or hearing that makes it difficult to use the computer or hear the researcher.
Outcome results
None listed