To withdraw from the study and have your data deleted, you will need to complete a short (2 question form). You must do this during the data collection phase, or within 7 days of its completion. You will be withdrawn and your data deleted without further question.

If you want to have additional showers that is fine, as long as they are not close to your morning shower (within 3 hours).

If you want to have your daily shower as part of the study at a different time, then we require this to be within the two hours after waking and your questionnaire to be within 3 hours of your shower. This is to ensure standardisation of results. 

We can not link your pseudonym with your contact information as you generate your own unique ID, and therefore your responses are anonymous.

Your responses are collected and stored on university approved software which has been specifically selected for its security and suitability.

Your contact information is held securely within a platform called ActiveCampaign which is GDPR compliant and secure up to SOC 2 compliance level.

You can read more about their security here: https://www.activecampaign.com/security

You will receive a Protocol Handbook which details exactly what you need to do. 

In essence, you will be required to take a daily shower (of varying temperature) within one hour of waking up. You will then be required to complete a short 10 question questionnaire electronically.

Yes. Once the research project has been analysed, written up and submitted to the university, all participants will receive a copy of the final piece of work along with an information sheet that explains the findings and implications in simple terms. This will be issued no later than 1st September 2023.