Incentives for Moving

Sedentary Lifestyle; Obesity; General Well-being Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01278680
• Other study ID #: Walkstation3
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 18, 2011
• Last updated: August 17, 2015
• Start date: February 2011
• Est. completion date: April 2013

Study information

• Verified date: August 2015
• Source: Harvard University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Employees of Blue Shield of California (BSC) will be recruited to participate to regularly use Walkstations. Some participants will be randomly assigned to a "hold out" control condition and the remainder will be assigned to one of two experimental treatments: Personal Incentive vs. Charitable Incentive. In the Personal Incentive condition people will be paid $3 for every completed Walkstation session, whereas for participants in the Charitable Incentive condition $3 will be donated to a specific charity. The incentives will operate for approximately 45 days and then for an additional 45 days participants in the two experimental conditions will have access to the Walkstations. Participants in the hold out control condition will begin using the Walkstations after the initial 90 day period.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: April 2013
• Est. primary completion date: April 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must pass the ParQ

Exclusion Criteria:

• Ineligible if person did not pass ParQ AND did not provide doctor's note authorizing their participation.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Basic Science

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sedentary Lifestyle; Obesity; General Well-being

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Incentives for walkstation usage
The investigators are testing the effect of two different incentive schemes on people's usage of walkstations at work: either a personal incentive (in which people receive personal financial benefit for using the walkstations) vs. a charitable incentive (in which others receive financial benefit if a given individual uses the walkstation).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Blue Shield of California	San Francisco	California

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Harvard University	Carnegie Mellon University, University of California, Berkeley

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Walkstation usage		45 days	No
Secondary	Questionnaire	Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire that assesses job satisfaction, personal well-being, and health behaviors	baseline; 45 days; 90 days	No
Secondary	Walkstation usage		90 days	No
Secondary	Biometrics	Height, weight, and blood pressure	baseline & 45 days	No