| Literature DB >> 35005183 |
Yulin Hswen1,2, Nguemdjo Ulrich3,4, Yom-Tom Elad5,6, Ventelou Bruno3.
Abstract
This study examines the impact of personalized gender-based communication to encourage the screening of depression and seeking out mental health care consultation. An internet search engine advertisement was deployed on Bing, Microsoft during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) region in France during the month of May 2020, the height of the France lockdowns. A two-armed study was conducted with Arm A containing a non-personalized (control) advertisement and Arm B containing a personalized gender-based advertisement. 53,185 advertisements were shown between the two arms. Results show that receiving a personalized gender-based message increases the probability of clicking on the advertisement. However, upon clicking the advertisement, there was no significant difference in the completion of the depression questionnaire between the two groups. These results suggest that although personalized gender messaging is effective at drawing in a greater click rate, it did not increase, nor decreased, the conversion rate to monitor depression by self-assessment.Entities:
Keywords: Bing; COVID-19; Depression; Personalized communication
Year: 2021 PMID: 35005183 PMCID: PMC8715372 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100993
Source DB: PubMed Journal: SSM Popul Health ISSN: 2352-8273
Diagram 1General framework of the study.
Descriptive statistics.
| CESD Complete (n = 58 + 116) | Positive score (n = 49 + 104) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Female | 61,2% | 63,6% |
| Male | 34,4% | 32,4% |
| Hidden | 4,3% | 3,8% |
| Age | ||
| Less than 25 yrs. | 34,4% | 37,6% |
| 25–49 yrs. | 19,3% | 19,4% |
| more than 50 yrs. | 46,2% | 42,8% |
| House | ||
| Ind-house | 64,5% | 59,7% |
| Ind-Apartment | 35,4% | 40,2% |
| Members | ||
| Alone | 24,7% | 27,2% |
| Sleep | ||
| affected | 41,9% | 49,3% |
| Humor | ||
| affected | 55,9% | 59,7% |
Marginal effects of the probit models.
| Marginal effects | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clicking on Ads | Completed the cesd | Positive cesd score | Follow up | |||||
| Eq | Eq | Eq | Eq | |||||
| Coef | p-value | Coef | p-value | Coef | p-value | Coef | p-value | |
| Group, | ||||||||
| Group B | 0.0040 | 0.0017 | 0.0007 | 0.1812 | 0.0466 | 0.6991 | ||
| (0.0013) | (0.0005) | (0.1206) | ||||||
| Sex, | ||||||||
| Female | 0.0487 | 0.541 | 0.0576 | 0.6033 | ||||
| (0.0799) | (0.1108) | |||||||
| Hidden | −0.4537 | 0.0642 | 0.2346 | 0.3929 | ||||
| (0.2451) | (0.2746) | |||||||
| Age, | ||||||||
| Less than 25 yrs | 0.1487 | 0.1544 | −0.3952 | 0.0136 | ||||
| (0.1044) | (0.1601) | |||||||
| 25–49 yrs | −0.0623 | 0.6027 | 0.1214 | 0.4201 | ||||
| (0.1197) | (0.1506) | |||||||
| House, | ||||||||
| Ind-house | −0.1744 | 0.0109 | ||||||
| (0.0685) | ||||||||
| Members, | ||||||||
| Not Alone | −0.1204 | 0.1089 | −0.1124 | 0.4958 | ||||
| (0.0751) | (0.1650) | |||||||
| Sleep, | ||||||||
| Not affected | 0.0365 | 0.7520 | ||||||
| (0.1156) | ||||||||
| Humor, | ||||||||
| Not affected | −0.0337 | 0.7713 | ||||||
| (0.1160) | ||||||||
| IMR - InvMillsRatio | −1.4175 | 0.2517 | −0.4254 | 0.2029 | ||||
| 1.2366 | (0.3341) | |||||||
| Pseudo R-square | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.165 | 0.203 | ||||
| Observations | 53165 | 53165 | 93 | 77 | ||||
Marginals effects of probit, one-tailed test.
| Marginal effects, one-tailed test for the coefficients | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clicking on Ads | Completed the cesd | Follow up | ||||
| Eq | Eq | Eq | ||||
| Coef | p-value | Coef | p-value | Coef | p-value | |
| Group, | ||||||
| Group B | 0.0040 | 0.0010 | 0.0007 | 0.0957 | 0.0466 | 0.3493 |
| (0.0013) | (0.0005) | (0.1206) | ||||
| Control variables | No | No | Yes | |||
| IMR | No | No | Yes | |||
| Pseudo R square | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.203 | |||
| Observations | 53165 | 53165 | 77 | |||
Advertisement Messages on Microsoft Bing (In French)
| Title of ad | Body of ad | |
|---|---|---|
| Etes-vous triste? | Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| Le confinement est difficile? | Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| Triste pendant le confinement? | Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| C'est un moment angoissant? | Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| Vous vivez une période de stress? | Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| Etes-vous triste? | Les femmes sont plus à risque de dépression. Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| Le confinement est difficile? | Les femmes sont plus à risque de dépression. Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| Triste pendant le confinement? | Les femmes sont plus à risque de dépression. Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| C'est un moment angoissant? | Les femmes sont plus à risque de dépression. Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| Etes-vous triste? | Les hommes sont mal pris en charge pour leur dépression. Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| Le confinement est difficile? | Les hommes sont mal pris en charge pour leur dépression. Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| Triste pendant le confinement? | Les hommes sont mal pris en charge pour leur dépression. Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| C'est un moment angoissant? | Les hommes sont mal pris en charge pour leur dépression. Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même | |
| Vous vivez une période de stress? | Les hommes sont mal pris en charge pour leur dépression. Suivez ce lien pour en savoir plus sur vous-même |
Advertisement Messages on Microsoft Bing (In English)
| Title of ad | Body of ad | |
|---|---|---|
| Are you sad? | Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| Lockdown is difficult? | Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| Sad during lockdown? | Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| This is a stressful moment? | Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| You are stressed? | Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| Are you sad? | Women are at greater risk for depression. Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| Lockdown is difficult ? | Women are at greater risk for depression. Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| Sad during lockdown? | Women are at greater risk for depression. Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| This is a stressful moment? | Women are at greater risk for depression. Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| You are stressed? | Women are at greater risk for depression. Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| Are you sad? | Men are poorly followed for depression. Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| Lockdown is difficult? | Men are poorly followed for depression. Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| Sad during lockdown? | Men are poorly followed for depression. Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| This is a stressful moment? | Men are poorly followed for depression. Follow this link to find out more about yourself | |
| You are stressed? | Men are poorly followed for depression. Follow this link to find out more about yourself |