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TY - JOUR
T1 - Offering disinclined people the choice between different screening appointments
T2 - a randomised online survey
AU - Stoffel, Sandro Tiziano
AU - Hirst, Yasemin
AU - Ghanouni, Alex
AU - Waller, Jo
AU - von Wagner, Christian
PY - 2021/9/30
Y1 - 2021/9/30
N2 - OBJECTIVES: An invitation to cancer screening with a single (fixed) appointment time has been shown to be a more effective way at increasing uptake compared with an invitation with an open (unscheduled) appointment. The present study tested whether offering more than one fixed appointment could further enhance this effect or be detrimental to people's intention.DESIGN: Experimental online hypothetical vignette survey.METHODS: 1,908 respondents who stated that they did not intend to participate in Bowel Scope Screening (BSS) were offered either one, two, four or six hypothetical fixed BSS appointments (all of which covered the same time of day to control for individual preferences).RESULTS: Participants who were given more than one appointment to choose from were less likely to intend to book an appointment despite multiple appointments being perceived as more convenient.CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that when it comes to offering people appointments for cancer screening, less (choice) is more, at least if alternatives fail to serve an inherent preference.
AB - OBJECTIVES: An invitation to cancer screening with a single (fixed) appointment time has been shown to be a more effective way at increasing uptake compared with an invitation with an open (unscheduled) appointment. The present study tested whether offering more than one fixed appointment could further enhance this effect or be detrimental to people's intention.DESIGN: Experimental online hypothetical vignette survey.METHODS: 1,908 respondents who stated that they did not intend to participate in Bowel Scope Screening (BSS) were offered either one, two, four or six hypothetical fixed BSS appointments (all of which covered the same time of day to control for individual preferences).RESULTS: Participants who were given more than one appointment to choose from were less likely to intend to book an appointment despite multiple appointments being perceived as more convenient.CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that when it comes to offering people appointments for cancer screening, less (choice) is more, at least if alternatives fail to serve an inherent preference.
KW - Cancer screening
KW - choice overload
KW - online experiment
KW - attitude change
KW - choice architecture
KW - decision making
U2 - 10.1080/08870446.2020.1834559
DO - 10.1080/08870446.2020.1834559
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33073598
VL - 36
SP - 1135
EP - 1146
JO - Psychology and Health
JF - Psychology and Health
SN - 0887-0446
IS - 9
ER -