1. Semahat Ece Elbeyi
PhD Fellow, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen
ece.elbeyi@hum.ku.dk
Katarzyna Wac
Associate Professor, Institute of Service Science, University of Geneva
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen
katarzyna.wac@unige.ch / wac@di.ku.dk
Mads Schnoor Hansen
MSc Graduate, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen
qdp777@alumni.ku.dk
Vlad Manea
PhD Fellow, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen
manea@di.ku.dk
Towards Motivating Participation in Health Studies
Quality of Life Technologies Lab
www.qualityoflifetechnologies.com
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University of Copenhagen
www.ku.dk/english
H2020 WellCo Project
wellco-project.eu

2. Purpose for Researching Participation Motivation
Community
Absent framework
for motivation assessment
Researchers
Decreased data quality
from and to the participants
Participants
Limited motivation
to participate in research

3. Conceptual Framework for Motivation Assessment
Motivation to
Participate
Personalized
Participation
Participation
Measurement
Psychological factors may
influence motivation to
participate in studies
Design personalized
expectations, journeys,
experiences, and results
Measure participation in
studies by using mixed
research methods
Feedback loop for continuous refinement

4. Concrete Steps Forward
Chatbot as
Research Artifact
Motivation Factors
for Participation
Personalized Stories
with Moments
Literature review indicated
preliminary clusters of
motivation factors
Helping participants sign up
for studies relevant for their
personal situations
Designing journeys which are
adapted to motivation
factors and situations

5. Motivation Factors
Motivation Factors
for Participation
Literature review indicated
preliminary clusters of
motivation factors
Helping others Personal benefits
Topic of study Method of study
Family
Friends
Acquaintances
Society
Health
Information
Reward
Social
Organ
Process
Behavior
Quality of Life
Delivery
Effort
Device
Data use

6. Chatbot as Artifact
Chatbot as
Artifact
Helping participants sign up
for studies relevant for their
personal situations
How much do you want to help others?
SleepActivity Stress Nutrition
How much do you want to gain personally?
How interested are you in the research topic?
How influenced by the administration of study?
Here are a few studies you may enjoy:
Study on Activity
Researchers - Ethics Approvals - Literature - ...
Helps you understand your physical activity.
Goal - Scope - Tasks - Data - Protocols - ...
Consent of Study - Please Sign.

7. Personalized Moments
Alice
Alice wants to help her
mother and assess her own
predisposition for diabetes
In this study, you help research help people like
Edna prevent Diabetes. See how.
Physical activity now helps us understand how
Diabetes onsets later in life. See how.
In this study, you helped research help people
like Edna prevent Diabetes. Thank you! 🙏
Your physical activity for the past week meets
the Finnish Diabetes Risk criteria! See how.
Questions relevant to assess physical activity
Alice’s Mom
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8. Personalized Moments
Bob
Bob is wary of the security of
the information he shares
with the chatbot
This study will only collect de-identified,
summary information from your participation:
In this study, adult people with wearables help
research prevent Dementia. See how.
Questions relevant to assess physical activity
Your wearable and you → identity, wearable, and
answer data → summarization and removal of
identification → summary of data without your
identity → study. See how.
Thank you for participating in this study! 🙏
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9. Personalized Moments
Charlie
Charlie only agrees to take
part in a study if it implies
financial rewards
Questions relevant to assess physical activity
You have gained 10 rewards for answering all
questions in this study. Thank you! 🙏
Answering each question below gives 1 reward.
Answering all questions gives 3 extra rewards.
In this study, we observe how physically active
students are during the academic year. See how.
Your physical activity for the past three weeks
meets the World Health Organization guidelines.
See how.
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10. Semahat Ece Elbeyi
PhD Fellow, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen
ece.elbeyi@hum.ku.dk
Towards Motivating Participation in Health Studies
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Vlad Manea, Mads Schnoor Hansen, Semahat Ece Elbeyi, Katarzyna Wac
Workshop on Multimedia for Personal Health and Health Care 2019
This presentation is also available at: bit.ly/healthmedia2019
Quality of Life Technologies Lab
www.qualityoflifetechnologies.com
University of Copenhagen
www.ku.dk/english
H2020 WellCo Project
wellco-project.eu