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Way to Be Active V (Framing vs. Forgiveness)

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University of Pennsylvania

Status

Completed

Conditions

Sedentary Lifestyle

Treatments

Behavioral: Daily Feedback
Behavioral: Feedback compared to 75th percentile
Behavioral: Financial Incentive
Behavioral: Forgiveness

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
NIH

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

Employers are increasingly looking for opportunities to motivate sedentary employees to become more physically active. Workplace walking programs have had mixed success and typically show most improvement among participants that are already fairly active at a baseline. The goal of this study is to determine whether a financial incentive program can motivate sedentary employees to increase the number of steps they walk per day to meet a minimum threshold.

The primary outcome measure is the proportion of days a minimum activity of 7000 steps or more is achieved. Outcomes will be assessed each week for 3 months using incentives followed by 3 months of follow-up without incentives. Secondary outcomes will include the average steps walked per day.

Enrollment

288 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 100 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Age greater than 18.
  • Participant will need an iPhone or Android smartphone to be able to use the Moves App for tracking steps

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnant or lactating
  • Participating in another physical activity study

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

288 participants in 4 patient groups

Feedback 50th Percentile
Active Comparator group
Description:
At the end of each week, participants will be told (by email or text, based on the participant's preference) the team's average daily step count for the previous week based on all 7 days. They will also be told the average for the 50th percentile in their arm. If the team's average daily step count is ≥ 7000 steps, the team will be eligible for the weekly lottery.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Daily Feedback
Behavioral: Financial Incentive
Feedback 75th Percentile
Experimental group
Description:
At the end of each week, participants will be told (by email or text, based on the participant's preference) the team's average daily step count for the previous week based on all 7 days. They will also be told the average for the 75th percentile in their arm. If the team's average daily step count is ≥ 7000 steps, the team will be eligible for the weekly lottery.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Daily Feedback
Behavioral: Financial Incentive
Behavioral: Feedback compared to 75th percentile
Feedback 50th Percentile + Forgiveness
Experimental group
Description:
At the end of each week, participants will be told (by email or text, based on the participant's preference) the average team's average daily step count for the previous week based on the best 5 of 7 days. They will also be told the average for the 50th percentile in their arm. If the team's average daily step count (best 5 of 7 days) is ≥ 7000 steps, the team will be eligible for the weekly lottery.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Daily Feedback
Behavioral: Financial Incentive
Behavioral: Forgiveness
Feedback 75th Percentile + Forgiveness
Experimental group
Description:
At the end of each week, participants will be told (by email or text, based on the participant's preference) the team's average daily step count for the previous week based on the best 5 of 7 days. They will also be told the average for the 75th percentile in their arm. If the team's average daily step count (best 5 of 7 days) is ≥ 7000 steps, the team will be eligible for the weekly lottery.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Daily Feedback
Behavioral: Financial Incentive
Behavioral: Feedback compared to 75th percentile
Behavioral: Forgiveness

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