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. 2024 Jun 14;12:e55548. doi: 10.2196/55548

Table 1.

Description of participants across cases: demography, recruitment channel, and format of the user testing.


Participants
Case 1

Target group (inclusion criteria)
  • Unemployed or dropped out of school

  • Aged 18-29 y

  • Living in Rogaland, Norway

  • Speaking Norwegian


Recruitment channel
  • Invitation via NAVa or IPSb program

  • Self-signup on website or via SMS text messaging or mail


Participants
  • 12 participants aged 18-27 y; 7 females, 5 malesc; 2 from ethnic minority groups (immigrant or BIPOCd)


Format user test
  • 3 in-person sessions

  • 9 remote of which 3 Discord, 5 Zoom, 1 other (Whereby); 2 used mobile phone device to connect to Zoom

Case 2

Target group (inclusion criteria)
  • Unemployed or dropped out of school

  • Aged 18-29 y

  • Living in Rogaland, Norway

  • Speaking Norwegian


Recruitment channel
  • Invitation via NAV or IPS program

  • Self-signup on website or via SMS text messaging or email


Participants
  • 13 participants

  • Aged 18-29 y; 6 female, 7 malec; 1 ethnic minority group (immigrant or BIPOC)


Format user test
  • 0 in person (not possible)

  • 13 remote of which 12 Zoom, 1 other (Teams), and 1 used a mobile device to connect to Zoom but switched to computer during session

Case 3

Target group (inclusion criteria)
  • Parent or caregiver of a child aged 6 mo-3 y

  • Aged >18 y

  • Self-reported economic hardship


Recruitment channel
  • Expression of interest list


Number of participants
  • 12 participants

  • Average age 30 (range 26-36) y; 10 female, 2 male; 9 Australian, 1 Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander, 1 Indian, 1 Cambodian


Format user test
  • 12 Zoom

  • 10 used mobile phone devices to connect to Zoom

aNAV: Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration.

bIPS: Individual Placement and Support program.

cOn the basis of observation, not self-reported.

dBIPOC: Black, indigenous, and people of color.