Protocol for piloting a phone-based web survey to elicit barriers to accessing triage camps within community-based, Peek-powered eye screening programmes

Title Piloting a phone-based web survey to elicit barriers to accessing triage camps within community-based, Peek-powered eye screening programmes Design Pilot test of an online survey sent via SMS to 1,600 parents/guardians of children who did not attend eye clinics having been found to have an eye need at school screening. We will perform the same pilot twice; once in Botswana and once in Nepal Aims To quantify the response rate among 16 different subgroups of recipients according to gender, location, wealth and assets. Note that we are not concerned with the responses at this pilot phase – only the suitability of the medium. Population Parents/guardians of children who did not attend screening within Botswana’s Peek-powered national school-based ‘Pono Yame’ programme, and participants in Nepal’s Peek-powered community screening programme Intervention A four-question online survey exploring barriers to attendance. The hyperlink will be sent via SMS. Non-responders will receive a single follow-up reminder 7 days later. Outcome measure Cumulative survey completion rates over the 31 days that follow the original SMS invitation. Duration All survey invitations will be sent on the same day. As such, the pilot will last 31 days. ### Competing Interest Statement AB is CEO of The Peek Vision Foundation and Peek Vision Ltd and receives salary support from Peek Vision. All other authors declare no competing interests. ### Funding Statement This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust and NIHR grant number 215633/Z/19/Z. ### Author Declarations I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained. Yes The details of the IRB/oversight body that provided approval or exemption for the research described are given below: Our data collection approach has been reviewed by independent research ethics boards at the University of Botswana/Nepalese Ministry of Health and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. I confirm that all necessary patient/participant consent has been obtained and the appropriate institutional forms have been archived, and that any patient/participant/sample identifiers included were not known to anyone (e.g., hospital staff, patients or participants themselves) outside the research group so cannot be used to identify individuals. Yes I understand that all clinical trials and any other prospective interventional studies must be registered with an ICMJE-approved registry, such as ClinicalTrials.gov. I confirm that any such study reported in the manuscript has been registered and the trial registration ID is provided (note: if posting a prospective study registered retrospectively, please provide a statement in the trial ID field explaining why the study was not registered in advance). Yes I have followed all appropriate research reporting guidelines, such as any relevant EQUATOR Network research reporting checklist(s) and other pertinent material, if applicable. Yes All data produced in the present work are contained in the manuscript.