- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT02001194
Way to Be Active I (Teams)
A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Economic Interventions to Improve Physical Activities: Team Incentives
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.
Our primary outcome measure is the proportion of days a minimum activity of 7000 steps or more is achieved. We will assess outcomes 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.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- 1. We will use a minimum age of 18 to ensure all individuals are legally able to consent.
- 2. Participant will need an iPhone or Android smartphone to be able to use the Moves App for tracking steps
Exclusion Criteria:
- Conditions that would make participation infeasible: 1a. Inability to consent 1b. Illiteracy and/or inability to speak, read, and write English 1c. Participation in another research study 2. Conditions that would make participation unsafe: 2a. Current treatment for drug or alcohol use 2b. Consumption of at least 5 alcoholic drinks per day 2c. Myocardial infarction or stroke within the past 6 months 2d. Current addiction to prescription medicines or street drugs 2e. Serious psychiatric diagnoses (e.g., severe major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia) 2f. Pregnant or currently breastfeeding 2g. Metastatic cancer 2h. Unstable medical conditions that would likely prevent the participant from completing the study
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Other
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
---|---|
No Intervention: Control
Participants receive either an email or text message daily (based on the participant's preference) stating whether the participant achieved the 7000 step goal during the previous day.
Each participant will also be notified as to how many of their teammates reached the goal the previous day.
Control Arm will receive no financial incentive.
|
|
Experimental: Individual
Participants receive either an email or text message daily (based on the participant's preference) stating whether the participant achieved the 7000 step goal during the previous day.
Each participant will also be notified as to how many of their teammates reached the goal the previous day.
Every day one team from the arm will be chosen at random as the winning team.
Each participant on the winning team receives $50 if that participant met the step goal during the prior day.
|
|
Experimental: Team
Participants receive either an email or text message daily (based on the participant's preference) stating whether the participant achieved the 7000 step goal during the previous day.
Each participant will also be notified as to how many of their teammates reached the goal the previous day.
Every day one team from the arm will be chosen at random as the winning team.
Each participant on the winning team receives $50 only if all four team members met the step goal during the prior day.
|
|
Experimental: Individual Plus Team
Participants receive either an email or text message daily (based on the participant's preference) stating whether the participant achieved the 7000 step goal during the previous day.
Each participant will also be notified as to how many of their teammates reached the goal the previous day.
Every day one team from the arm will be chosen at random as the winning team.
Each participant on the winning team receives $20 if the participant met the step goal during the prior day the participants met their own goal.
Each participant will also receive an additional $10 for every one of the other three team members that also met the goal.
|
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
---|---|---|
Proportion of Days a Minimum Activity of 7000 Steps or More is Achieved
Time Frame: End of study- 6 months of after enrollment
|
Our primary outcome measure is the proportion of days a minimum activity of 7000 steps or more is achieved.
We will assess outcomes for 3 months (13 weeks) with the interventions and 3 months (13 weeks) without intervention during the follow-up period.
We will use all available data and treat missing as true missing data points.
Secondary outcomes will include the average steps walked per day.
|
End of study- 6 months of after enrollment
|
Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
---|---|---|
Average Number of Steps Per Day During Intervention
Time Frame: End of study- 6 months after enrollment
|
Secondary outcomes include average number of steps per day during intervention period and the follow-up period.
|
End of study- 6 months after enrollment
|
Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Other Study ID Numbers
- 819101
This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.
Clinical Trials on Sedentary Employees
-
University of PennsylvaniaNational Institute on Aging (NIA)Completed
-
University of TorontoHamilton Health Sciences Corporation; Green Shield Canada Inc.; Cookson James...CompletedPhysically Inactive Hospital EmployeesCanada
-
University Hospital, MontpellierAix Marseille Université; LBM- Nanosecurity platform - CEA Grenoble; LR2N - Nanosecurity...TerminatedAir France Company's Employees Working in the Marseilles and Paris Airports (Flightline and Administrative Employees)France
-
Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam...ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and DevelopmentNot yet recruitingSick-listed Employees
-
University of North Carolina, Chapel HillNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)RecruitingSedentary Behavior | Sedentary TimeUnited States
-
Loughborough UniversityBritish Heart FoundationCompletedSedentary Lifestyle | Sedentary Behavior | Diet Habit
-
Eskisehir Technical UniversityThe Scientific and Technological Research Council of TurkeyNot yet recruitingSedentary Lifestyle | Sedentary Behavior | Physical Activity Level
-
Yasin AkCompletedSedentary Time | Sedentary BehaviourTurkey
-
Research on Healthcare Performance Lab U1290RecruitingSedentary Behavior | Sedentary Time | Health Behavior | Health-Related Behavior | Physical InactivityFrance
-
Universidade Federal de Sao CarlosCompleted
Clinical Trials on Individual Incentives
-
RTI InternationalEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development... and other collaboratorsActive, not recruiting
-
University of VermontRecruiting
-
University of PennsylvaniaNew York State Department of Health; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCompletedDiabetes PreventionUnited States
-
University of PennsylvaniaCarnegie Mellon UniversityCompleted
-
University of PennsylvaniaCompleted
-
Brown UniversityCompletedObesity | Physical ActivityUnited States
-
University of Rhode IslandUnknown
-
VAL Health, LLCNational Institute on Aging (NIA); Pro-Change Behavior Systems; Rhode Island...Completed
-
Duke UniversityNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)Completed