The application of crowdsourcing approaches to cancer research: a systematic review

Lee, Young Ji; Arida, Janet; Donovan, Heidi S.

doi:10.1002/cam4.1165

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“…Crowdsourcing approaches are increasingly used in public health and medicine [8,9]. Examples include engaging youth in developing HIV services [10], designing a patientcentered mammography report [11], and enhancing cancer research [12]. Some crowdsourcing approaches focus on the process of mass community engagement, obtaining creative input from many individuals [13,14].…”

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Crowdsourcing in health and medical research: a systematic review

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Background: Crowdsourcing is used increasingly in health and medical research. Crowdsourcing is the process of aggregating crowd wisdom to solve a problem. The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize quantitative evidence on crowdsourcing to improve health. Methods: We followed Cochrane systematic review guidance and systematically searched seven databases up to September 4th 2019. Studies were included if they reported on crowdsourcing and related to health or medicine. Studies were excluded if recruitment was the only use of crowdsourcing. We determined the level of evidence associated with review findings using the GRADE approach. Results: We screened 3508 citations, accessed 362 articles, and included 188 studies. Ninety-six studies examined effectiveness, 127 examined feasibility, and 37 examined cost. The most common purposes were to evaluate surgical skills (17 studies), to create sexual health messages (seven studies), and to provide layperson cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) out-of-hospital (six studies). Seventeen observational studies used crowdsourcing to evaluate surgical skills, finding that crowdsourcing evaluation was as effective as expert evaluation (low quality). Four studies used a challenge contest to solicit human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing promotion materials and increase HIV testing rates (moderate quality), and two of the four studies found this approach saved money. Three studies suggested that an interactive technology system increased rates of layperson initiated CPR out-ofhospital (moderate quality). However, studies analyzing crowdsourcing to evaluate surgical skills and laypersoninitiated CPR were only from high-income countries. Five studies examined crowdsourcing to inform artificial intelligence projects, most often related to annotation of medical data. Crowdsourcing was evaluated using different outcomes, limiting the extent to which studies could be pooled. Conclusions: Crowdsourcing has been used to improve health in many settings. Although crowdsourcing is effective at improving behavioral outcomes, more research is needed to understand effects on clinical outcomes and costs. More research is needed on crowdsourcing as a tool to develop artificial intelligence systems in medicine.

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“…Crowdsourcing can be a promising tool in health, and it has been used in a number of medical studies such as cancer, malaria, HIV testing, etc. [24][25][26][27]. It has several advantages.…”

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Digital Crowdsourcing in Promoting HIV testing Among MSM in China: Study Protocol for A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Ren¹,

Tucker²,

Tang³

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Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are an important key population in China. However, HIV testing rates among MSM remain suboptimal. Digital crowdsourcing may be a useful tool to reach this marginalized population. The proposed cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) study aims to assess the effectiveness of digital crowdsourcing in improving HIV testing and sexual behaviors change among Chinese MSM. Methods: A two-arm, cluster-randomized controlled trial will be implemented in eleven cities (ten clusters) in Shandong Province, China. Target study enrollment will be 250 participants per arm and 50 participants per cluster. MSM who are 18 years old or above, live in the study city, have not been tested for HIV in the past 3 months, are not living with HIV or have never been tested for HIV, and are willing to provide informed consent, will be enrolled. MSM will be recruited through banner advertisements on Blued, the largest gay dating app in China, and in-person at community-based organizations (CBOs). Participants will be followed-up quarterly during the 12-month period. The primary outcome will be the self-reported uptake of HIV testing. Secondary outcomes will include change in condomless sex, self-test efficacy, social network engagement, HIV testing social norms, and testing stigma.Discussion: Innovative approaches to HIV testing among marginalized population are urgently needed. Through this cluster randomized controlled trial, we expected that we can evaluate effectiveness of a digital crowdsourcing approach, improve the HIV testing rate among MSM and provide a resource in related public health fields.Trial Registration: ChiCTR1900024350. Registered on 6 July 2019, identifier http:// chictr.org.cn/.

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“…Crowdsourcing has a group of experts and non-experts working together to solve a common problem and sharing solutions with the public [21,23]. Crowdsourcing may be useful in health research and has been used in cancer, malaria, and HIV research [24][25][26][27]. It has several advantages.…”

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Digital crowdsourced intervention to promote HIV testing among MSM in China: Study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Ren

Tucker

Tang

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Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are an important HIV key population in China. However, HIV testing rates among MSM remain suboptimal. Digital crowdsourced media interventions may be a useful tool to reach this marginalized population. We define digital crowdsourced media as using social media, mobile phone applications, internet, or other digital approaches to disseminate messages developed from crowdsourcing contests. The proposed cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) study aims to assess the effectiveness of a digital crowdsourced intervention to increase HIV testing uptake and decrease risky sexual behaviors among Chinese MSM.Methods: A two-arm, cluster-randomized controlled trial will be implemented in eleven cities (ten clusters) in Shandong Province, China. Targeted study participants will be 250 MSM per arm and 50 participants per cluster. MSM who are 18 years old or above, live in the study city, have not been tested for HIV in the past 3 months, are not living with HIV or have never been tested for HIV, and are willing to provide informed consent will be enrolled. Participants will be recruited through banner advertisements on Blued, the largest gay dating app in China, and in-person at community-based organizations (CBOs). The intervention includes a series of crowdsourced intervention materials (24 images and four short videos about HIV testing and safe sexual behaviors) and HIV self-test services provided by the study team. The intervention was developed through a series of participatory crowdsourcing contests before this study. The self-test kits will be sent to the participants in the intervention group at the 2nd and 3rd follow-up. Participants will be followed up quarterly during the 12-month period. The primary outcome will be self-reported HIV testing uptake at 12 months. Secondary outcomes will include changes in condomless sex, self-test efficacy, social network engagement, HIV testing social norms, and testing stigma.Discussion: Innovative approaches to HIV testing among marginalized population are urgently needed. Through this cluster randomized controlled trial, we will evaluate the effectiveness of a digital crowdsourced intervention, improving HIV testing uptake among MSM and providing a resource in related public health fields.Trial Registration: ChiCTR1900024350. Registered on 6 July 2019.

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The application of crowdsourcing approaches to cancer research: a systematic review

Cited by 49 publications

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Crowdsourcing in health and medical research: a systematic review

Crowdsourcing in health and medical research: a systematic review

Digital Crowdsourcing in Promoting HIV testing Among MSM in China: Study Protocol for A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Digital crowdsourced intervention to promote HIV testing among MSM in China: Study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

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