My Screening Visit

·       Your screening visit will be scheduled for a time and day of week that you indicated a preference for. 

·       You should receive a 30-minute calendar invitation as well as an email confirming the date and time of your screening visit. 

1.     Please respond to the appointment confirmation email to indicate whether:

a)    You can attend the screening visit, or

b)    You cannot attend the screening visit

2.     Take a moment to read over the documents we sent you via email. These include:

·       Participant Study Information Sheet

·       Study Consent Form

·       MRI Information Sheet

·       MRI Consent Form

·       MRI Safety Form

3.     If your screening visit is online, do ensure you have access to Microsoft Teams as this is the platform we will use for the online screening visit. 

·       Study rationale: You will be told about why we are doing the study and what the study appointment involves. 

·       Work Package 1 and Work Package 2: We will explain the difference between Work Package 1 and Work Package 2 and double check if you have a preference for either of these.

·       Sample kit: We will talk you through the sample kit and explain what each item in the kit is for, and how we recommend for you to collect your urine and faecal samples at home. 

o   If your screening visit is online and you have indicated you would like your sample kit posted to you, we will confirm your address with you. Alternatively if your screening visit is online and you indicated that you would like to collect your sample kit another time, we will arrange this with you.

o   If your screening visit is in person, we will give you your complete sample kit to take home with you.

·       eNutri: You will be told a little more about how you can complete the food and drink questionnaire using the eNutri platform ahead of your study appointment. 

·       Payment: We will explain how and when you are paid for your participation in the study, and how we reimburse you for any travel costs you incur. 

·       Eligibility clarifications: If there is any information that we need to clarify with you to double check your eligibility, you can expect us to ask you about this at this point.

·       Forms: If you are happy to participate, we will confirm your contact details and go through the general study consent form with you, as well as the MRI consent and initial screening form. We will ask you to have your emails open as we will send you each of these forms to complete via email during the screening visit.

·       Follow-up visits: If you are interested in taking part in WP2, we will suggest some dates for your follow-up visits (study appointments 2, 3, and 4). It will therefore be helpful to have your calendar handy if you are interested in WP2.

After the screening visit, we will email you a copy of your completed consent form. If you are taking part in WP2, we will also schedule your follow-up appointments and send you calendar invitations for those. 

·       We will have scheduled your screening visit online or in-person depending on which you indicated a preference for. 

·       We will indicate whether your screening visit is online or in person in the calendar invite and confirmation email that is sent out to you. 

·       You will receive a link to a Microsoft Teams meeting in both your screening visit calendar invitation and appointment confirmation email. 

·       We will also send you a reminder email about 24 hours before your screening visit that will contain this link. 

·       It is the kindest thing you can do! 

·       The study researchers have a lot to prepare for your appointments, and so knowing whether or not you are attending is incredibly helpful. 

·       We assure you that we will not be upset if you are unable to attend your appointment. 

·       Instead, letting us know that you are unable to attend will enable us to better plan. This way we can organise our days for other activities, notify any other researchers involved, and cancel any room or equipment bookings in good time.