Way to Be Active V (Framing vs. Forgiveness)

Sedentary Lifestyle Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02030132
• Other study ID #: 819370
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 20, 2013
• Last updated: March 28, 2017
• Start date: January 2014
• Est. completion date: October 2014

Study information

• Verified date: March 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: October 2014
• Est. primary completion date: October 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

• Participating in another physical activity study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sedentary Lifestyle

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Feedback compared to 75th percentile

• Forgiveness

• Financial Incentive
For the first three months of the study, a weekly lottery will be held. Teams whose average daily step count for that week is = 7000 will be eligible to collect their lottery winnings. Teams whose average daily step count is less than 7000 will receive messages about how much they would have won had the team met its goal.
• 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
Other	Change in physical activity	Changes in physical activity as determined by validated surveys.	End of study- 6 months after enrollment
Primary	Proportion of days an individual 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.	End of study - 6 months after enrollment
Secondary	Average number of steps per day and week	Secondary outcomes include average number of steps per day and week during the intervention (first 3 months) and follow-up (second 3 months) periods.	End of study- 6 months after enrollment