REACH Lab Studies
Research for Alcohol and Couples' Health at Virginia Tech
What do you do?
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A trained research coordinator will explain the study to you and what you must do in a two hour onboarding session.
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Download a free app where you will respond to four 5-minute surveys each day and submit multiple breathalyzer samples each night, for 30 days.
Will I be compensated?
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Participants are compensated with up to $275 for their time in our study.
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Compensation is in the form of a ClinCard, which functions like a debit card as research staff virtually upload funds you earn throughout the study.
Alcohol and Relationships
What do you do?
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A trained research coordinator will explain the study to you and what you must do in a 30 minute onboarding session.
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One 60-minute baseline survey and a 5-minute daily survey done via your phone or computer every day for 60 consecutive days.
Will I be compensated?
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Participants are compensated with up to $115 for their time in our study.
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Compensation is in the form of a ClinCard, which functions like a debit card as research staff virtually upload funds you earn throughout the study.
Couples Study
What do you do?
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A trained research staff will interview you for 60-90 minutes, asking questions related to you and your partner.
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Interview done virtually via Zoom.
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Inform future interventions that could better serve rural couples in Virginia.
Will I be compensated?
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Participants are compensated $100 for completing the 60-90 minute interview.
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Compensation is in the form of a ClinCard, which functions like a debit card as research staff virtually upload funds you earn throughout the study.
Relationship Study
Confidentiality
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All of your data will be deidentified from your name in the form of a string of letters/numbers and secured in a locked room within an encrypted, password protected computer.
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Your answers will remain confidential, and only IRB approved research coordinators will interact with you and your data.
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Following study completion, any and all identifying data will be deleted.
Confidentiality