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. 2020 Oct 26;22(10):e22810. doi: 10.2196/22810

Table 5.

Costs per enrolled participant by media type.a

Study authors (year) Cost per enrolled participant

Social media Traditional methods Other online media
Abbate et al (2017) [20] N/Ab US $8.28c N/A
Adam et al (2016) [21] Can $20.28 Can $24.15 N/A
Bracken et al (2019) [23] N/A Aus $594 N/A
Frandsen et al (2014) [27] Aus $56.34 Aus $52.33 N/A
Frandsen et al (2016) [9] Aus $42.34 Aus $21.52 N/A
Guthrie et al (2019) [28] US $593 US $356 N/A
Heffner et al (2013) [29] US $172.76 US $5.27-$46.98 US $26.19-$50.26
Huesch et al (2018) [30] US $18 US $635 N/A
Ince et al (2014) [31] €5.33 N/A N/A
Jones et al (2017) [33] US $66.46 US $149.62 N/A
Juraschek et al (2018) [34] US $1426 US $436-$917 N/A
Kayrouz et al (2016) [10] US $37 US $40 N/A
Kendall et al (2018) [35] N/A Aus $2141c N/A
Nash et al (2017) [38] Aus $45.15-$176 N/A N/A
Partridge et al (2015) [39] Aus $945.33 Aus $144.52-$212.51 Aus $11.98-$571.45
Raviotta et al (2016) [41] US $110 US $61 N/A
Volkova et al (2017) [46] NZ $5d NZ $4-$179 NZ $4
Waltman et al (2019) [47] US $119.38 US $29.36-$926.90 US $1000
Watson et al (2018) [48] US $40.51 US $20.30 US $13.95-34.71

aCurrency exchange rates of Can $1=US $0.75, Aus $1=US $0.72, €1=US $1.17, and NZ $1=US $0.66 were applicable at the time of publication.

bN/A: not applicable.

cCost per enrolled participant across all media.

dIncludes cost using Craigslist.