SMARTPHONE_Study

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Pre-Screening Survey

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This page contains information about the SMARTPHONE study being conducted by the NRG lab, University of Reading.

This is a study being conducted by the NRG-Lab by the following researchers:

Prof. Ciara McCabe (c.mccabe@reading.ac.uk)

Angad Sahni, PhD Student (a.sahni@pgr.reading.ac.uk)

Tarun Vermani, MSc Student (t.vermani@student.reading.ac.uk)

Manasa Veluvali, MSc Student (m.veluvali@student.reading.ac.uk)

Instructions

Contents:

• Timeline
  
• IMPORTANT
  
• Beep Questionnaire
  
• Setting Up Your App
  
  
  
  

Timeline

You will spend around 1-1.5 hours completing the study over the 7-day period.

You need to be SWITCHED ON during this study because

Every Beep Counts!

IMPORTANT

1. Fill in the beep questionnaire immediately. They are programmed to expire.
   

2. You will receive the debrief form at around 10pm on day 7.
   

   • Please logout AFTER the debrief as you will not receive any more beeps.
     
   • You MUST log out or else the data will not be sent.
     

Beep Questionnaire

You simply choose from a set of options or rate using a scale.
It takes just 1-2 minutes to complete each time!

Setting Up Your App

Step 1
Download the PsyMate 2 application from one of the links below, based on which mobile type you are using:

The iPhone link can be found here: apple.com/gb/app/psymate-2
The Android link can be found here: google.com/store/psymate2
More information is available on the PsyMate website: psymate.eu

Or you can open the AppStore yourself and download the application
by searching for PsyMate 2 and looking for the logo:

Step 2
Scan the unique QR code you will be given in the meeting.

Step 3
After completing the login process, you will then complete all items.
The page will look like this:

Step 4
Settings in your smartphone may not be optimal for the study.
Sometimes, notifications are collected on very active apps.
This means you will not be able to answer any beeps as they will expire
before you see the notifications.

To change settings accordingly, please visit: https://dontkillmyapp.com/