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. 2017 Aug 28;19(8):e290. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7071

Table 2.

Extracted quantitative data from the 35 included papers.

Author Number
recruited
Recruitment
length (months)a
Impressions
(millions)
Cost per ad click (US $)b Conversion rate (%),
n numbers
included where
available
Eligibility (%),
n numbers
included where
available
Cost per
participant (US $)b
Adam LM (2016) [15] 45 0.8 0.04 0.21b NRc 56 (n=45) 15.12b
Admon L (2016) [29] 1178 1.0 0.36 0.58 13.2 (n=1592) 74 (n=1178) 14.63
Akard TF (2015) [17] 106 2.0 3.90 1.08 3.0 61 (n=106) 17
Arcia, A (2014) [18] 344 4.0 10.50 0.63 6.0 50 11.11
Batterham PJ (2014) [28]
stage 1
610 0.1 NR NR 3.0 NR 9.82b
Batterham PJ (2014) [28]
stage 2
1283 0.1 NR NR 3.0 NR 1.51b
Bauermeister JA (2012) [30] 22 NR  NR NR NR NR NR
Bull S (2013) [31] 1578 36.0d NR NR NR NR NR
Carlini B (2015) [19] 285 4.0 NR NR NR NR 8.92
Carter-Harris L (2016) [9] 331 0.6 0.06 0.45 29.5 NR 1.51
Child RJH (2014) [20] 78 0.1 NR  NR  NR  NR NR 
Chu JL (2013) [21] 88 9.0 17.50 0.39b 5.0 (n=180) 49 15.35b
Close S (2013) [22] 39 0.2 2.50 0.61 18.0 NR 19.44
Crosier BS (2016) [32] 264 1.0 0.01 0.20 NR NR 8.14
Fenner Y (2012) [33] 278 4.0 36.10 0.48b 4.0 NR 14.50b
Frandsen TL (2014) [6] 138 19.0 14.50 0.68b NR NR 30.48b
Frandsen M (2016) [10] 92 13.5 NR NR NR 61 74.64b
Harris ML (2015) [34] NR  8.0 NR 0.51b 2.0 93 (n=3795) 8.55b
Jones R (2015) [35] 230 1.0 NR 0.36 3.0 39 37.74
Kappa JM (2013) [36] 0 0.3 0.90 0.98 3.0 78 (n=280) NR 
Miyagi E (2014) [37] 126 9.0 5.70 NR NR 95 NR 
Moreno MA (2017) [14] 8 NR NR NR NR NR 40.99
Morgan AJ (2015) [16] 35 11.0 2.00 0.45b NR NR 14.32b
Musiat P (2016) [38] 26 3.0 0.50 1.74b,d 0.1 90 76.15b
Nelson EJ (2014) [24] 1003 2.0 NR NR 48.0d(n=1003) 91 1.36
Parkinson S (2013) [39] 100 0.2 1.30 NR 15.0 83 NR 
Pedersen ER (2014) [25] 1023 1.0 3.30 0.38 5.0 45 7.05
Ramo DE (2014) [40] 1548 13.0 28.70 0.45 1.0 NR 4.28
Ramo DE (2012) [41] 230 2.0 3.20 0.34 9.0 51 8.80
Raviotta JM (2016) [11] 428 6.0 21.00 1.24 NR NR 110.00d
Remschmidt C (2014) [42] 1161 2.0 62.90 NR 9.0 NR NR
Schumacher KR (2014) [26] 394 12.0 NR NR NR 100 (n=394) NR
Schwinn T (2017) [43] 797 4.2 187.00d 0.6 2.8 43 (n=1873) 51.70
Staffileno BA (2016) [13] 23 18.0 NR 0.73 NR 17 NR
Subasinghe AK (2016) [12] 919 13.0 55.40 0.67b NR NR 17.29b
Yuan P (2014) [27] 1404 4.0 NR   NR  NR NR 3.56

aCalculated as a percentage of a 31-day month.

bAUD converted to USD with 0.72 and CD to USD with 0.75 exchange rates where appropriate.

cNR: not reported; not reported if data unavailable.

dOutliers of over 3 standard deviations excluded from statistical calculation.