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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Trials. 2020 Jul 6;17(6):664–674. doi: 10.1177/1740774520933362

Table 4.

Likelihood of clicking through to study website across gender and age subgroups and social media advertisement features.

Mean cost per unique click (USD $) Odds ratio (95% CI) for unique clicks per reach Odds ratio for unique link clicks per reach
Male Female
Age 18–24 Age 25–34 Age 18–24 Age 25–34
Population subgroup Gendera Male 0.44 1.01 (0.96–1.06)
Female 0.46 1.00
Age 18–24 0.41 1.11 (1.06–1.17)
25–34 0.48 1.00
Advertisement features Language English 0.42 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Spanish or bilingual 0.47 0.88 (0.82, 0.93) 0.68 (0.59, 0.78) 1.54 (1.34, 1.76) 0.70 (0.63, 0.78) 0.90 (0.82, 0.99)
Diabetes-related imagery No 0.45 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.44 0.96 (0.91–1.00) 1.22 (1.09, 1.37) 0.74 (0.66, 0.84) 1.11 (1.01, 1.23) 0.88 (0.80, 0.95)
Compensation No 0.43 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.47 1.04 (0.99, 1.09) 1.50 (1.34, 1.68) 0.52 (0.46, 0.59) 1.78 (1.62, 1.96) 0.89 (0.82, 0.96)
Urgency/time running out No 0.47 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.39 0.54 (0.50–0.57) 0.46 (0.40, 0.53) 0.99 0.36 (0.32, 0.40) 0.62 (0.55, 0.71)
Altruism No 0.41 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.87 1.60 (1.49–1.73) 1.32 (1.10, 1.58) 2.02 (1.66, 2.47) 1.43 (1.24, 1.66) 1.70 (1.51, 1.90)
Study team’s empathy No 0.45 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.43 1.80 (1.69–1.92) 1.98 (1.72, 2.28) 2.44 (2.10, 2.85) 2.08 (1.83, 2.38) 1.43 (1.30, 1.57)
Call to action No 0.35 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.53 0.53 (0.50–0.56) 0.85 (0.76, 0.97) 0.25 (0.22, 0.28) 1.00 0.40 (0.36, 0.43)
Difficult aspects of managing diabetes No 0.56 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.39 0.88 (0.84–0.93) 1.12 0.60 (0.53, 0.68) 1.06 0.85 (0.78, 0.92)
a

Unknown were excluded from the analyses.

Bold text indicates statistical significance at p<0.05