HMTS-ExpeditedReviewForm_Caregivers

Health Message Testing System Expedited Review Form
1. Title of Study: (Please append screener and questionnaire)

Testing health messages in STEADI older adult fall prevention materials among caregivers

2. Study Population: (Discuss study population and explain how they will be selected/recruited.)

Population includes informal and formal caregivers who care for older adults (age 65+) outside of an
institutional setting. Participants will be recruited by the contractor via telephone (see script). Contractor
will work from existing lists of potential focus group participants, supplemented by cold calling residents.
Respondent characteristics:
Number of subject: 244

Number of males:

61

Age range: 25-65

Number of females: 183

Racial/ethnic composition: Miami 80%W/20%non-W (~2/3 Hisp); Balt 30%W/70%non-W
Special group status: (e.g., risk group, health care providers)
Type of group(s): independent providers, nursing assistants, personal care aides,
home health aids, unpaid caregivers (relatives, friends, etc.)
Geographic location(s): Baltimore, MD vicinity and Miami, FL vicinity

3. Incentives: (State what incentive will be offered and justify proposed incentives to be used in study.)

Participants in this project will receive $75 in remuneration given to them upon completion of their
participation. This is based on the substantial burden incurred, particularly in terms of time. Recent focus
groups with caregivers have used similar incentive rates ($75 by Kosa, et al. 2011; $50 plus taxi vouchers
for transportation by Boughtwood, et al. 2011; $50 plus child care services by Gittleman and Pomerantz
2011; and $50 plus dinner and child care by McKee, et al. 2010). (see Appendix J-Project Description)

4. Study method: (Please check one below)
Central location intercept interview:
Online Interview:
Telephone interview:
Other (describe):

Focus group:
Individual in-depth interview (cognitive interview):

(CATI used: yes or no):

5. Purpose of the overall communication effort into which this health message(s) will fit:
(Please provide 2-3 sentences below.)

The Division of Unintentional Injury has developed a toolkit called STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents,
Deaths, & Injuries), to help healthcare providers use fall prevention in their practices. We want to expand
the toolkit to include messaging for the caregivers of older adults, and plan to use focus groups for the
development of the messaging and materials. Messages to be tested include: STEADI logo, home fall
prevention checklist, things you can do to prevent falls, and fall risk checklist (see Appendices F, G, H)
6. Category of time sensitivity: (Please check one below)
Health emergency:
Time-limited audience access:
Press coverage correction:
Time-limited congressional/administrative mandate:
Trend Tracking
Ineffective existing materials due to historical event/social trends:
7. Describe nature of time sensitivity: (Please provide 2-3 sentences below.)
Data for this project must be collected by March 2014 in order to complete analysis and reporting by the
end of the performance period of May 1, 2014.

8. Number of burden hours requested: 128

BURDEN HOURS
No. of
Participation
Respondents Time

Category of Respondent

Burden

Informal and Formal Caregiver (Recruiting Script)

200

.2 hours

40

Informal and Formal Caregiver (Discussion Guide)

44

2 hours

88

Totals
9. Are you using questions from the approved question bank?

Yes

If yes, please list the item number(s) for questions used from the question bank separated by a comma.
(e.g., 1a, 3c, 130d)
Questions used directly without modification: 2d, 63e, 65e, 66e. We also modified many question bank
questions, and developed some questions of our own. (see attached questionnaire)
*** Items below to be completed by Office of Associate Director for Communication (OADC)***
1. Number of burden hours remaining in current year's allocation: 3385
2. OADC confirmation of time-sensitivity:
Yes:
No:

Barbara Morrison
Project Officer
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