Incentives for Moving

August 17, 2015 updated by: Michael Norton, Harvard University
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.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94105
        • Blue Shield of California

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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 Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Hold-out control
Hold-out control: participants will be asked to refrain from using the walkstations for the duration of the study (90 days).
Active Comparator: Personal incentive
Personal incentive: Participants will receive $3 for each time they use the walkstation.
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).
Experimental: Charitable incentive
Charitable incentive: $3 will be donated to charity every time the participant uses the walkstation.
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).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Walkstation usage
Time Frame: 45 days
45 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Questionnaire
Time Frame: baseline; 45 days; 90 days
Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire that assesses job satisfaction, personal well-being, and health behaviors
baseline; 45 days; 90 days
Walkstation usage
Time Frame: 90 days
90 days
Biometrics
Time Frame: baseline & 45 days
Height, weight, and blood pressure
baseline & 45 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Harvard University

Collaborators

University of California, Berkeley
Carnegie Mellon University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

April 1, 2013

Study Completion (Anticipated)

April 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 18, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 18, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

January 19, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 19, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 17, 2015

Last Verified

August 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Walkstation3

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