Way to Be Active IV (Framing vs Incentives)

Sedentary Lifestyle Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Economic Interventions to Improve Physical Activities: Framing vs Incentives

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02030080
• Other study ID #: 819371
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 20, 2013
• Last updated: December 5, 2017
• Start date: January 2014
• Est. completion date: September 2014

Study information

• Verified date: December 2017
• Source: University of Pennsylvania
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 288
• Est. completion date: September 2014
• Est. primary completion date: September 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

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

• Currently participating in another physical activity study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sedentary Lifestyle

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Financial incentives

• Teams

• Framing of feedback

• Daily Feedback
Participants will be given daily feedback on whether or not they walked 7000 steps or more the day before.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Pennsylvania	National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Proportion of Days a Participant Walks 7000 Steps or More	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. Below we report the highest mean proportions found.	Throughout 6-month study
Secondary	Average Number of Steps Per Day	Secondary outcomes include average number of steps per day during the incentive period (first 3 months) and follow-up period (second 3 months).	Throughout the 6-month study