Helping People to Exercise Regularly

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Helping People to Exercise Regularly

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01335880
• Other study ID #: HS10-385
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 13, 2011
• Last updated: October 16, 2012
• Start date: April 2011
• Est. completion date: July 2012

Study information

• Verified date: July 2011
• Source: University of Pennsylvania
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study tests two different incentive mechanisms to induce members of a particular urban senior center to attend more exercise classes. Coupons for future use are given to participants who attend an exercise class and will be redeemable within either a one week or three month time period, depending on which experimental group the participant is assigned to. Frequency of exercise class attendance at the end of 2 months will be the primary outcome.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 117
• Est. completion date: July 2012
• Est. primary completion date: July 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 55 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 55 years or older

• Member of the Philadelphia Senior Center

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Heart Disease
• Heart Diseases
• Obesity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Coupons for use within the next week
Participants who attend an exercise class will receive a coupon for a free exercise class to be used within the next week.
• Coupons for use within the next 3 months
Participants who attend an exercise class will receive a coupon to attend an exercise class for free within the next 3 months.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Pennsylvania	Carnegie Mellon University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Frequency of exercise class attendance		2 months	No