Phone Check-ins
During full study periods, you will receive check-in links by text message. Click the link to complete the check-in. There are two types:
Morning Check-Ins (2 minutes): Once per day, when you wake up. Asks about your sleep schedule and quality.
Complete within 2 hours.Daily Check-Ins (1-2 minutes): Three times per day, at random times. Asks about your activities and emotions.
Complete within 30 minutes.
Keep your phone with you during your study period so that you can respond when you are available, before the check-ins expire. Please be safe: do not complete check-ins while driving.
At the end of each check-in, there will be a text box for optional comments. This is a great place to tell us anything unusual that happened during your day or at night. For example, if you were sick in bed all day or if something stressful or out of the ordinary happened, please make a note of this in the comments section. If you don’t have any comments, you can skip this question.
Your feedback and responses are critical to the study, and we greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete these check-ins. Thank you!
FAQs
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You’ll receive notifications by text message. If you normally have your phone on vibrate, it might help to turn your phone to “ring” throughout the study. Make sure the volume is set to a level you’ll hear.
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You might not be responding quickly enough to the notifications. The daily check-ins are only available for a short time (30 minutes) after the first notification, and morning check-ins also expire (after 2 hours). It is important that you complete the check-ins as soon as possible so you can get credit for this part of the study. Please be safe, do not complete notifications while driving.
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No, unfortunately we cannot re-send check-ins. It’s okay to miss a few check-ins; we don’t expect anyone to be perfect, but we do ask you to keep at least a 75% response rate throughout the week-long study period.
Contact us.
Email: servesplus@arizona.edu
Call or Text: 520.621.2199