- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05264155
Evaluation of the Impact of Adaptive Goal Setting on Engagement Levels of Government Staff With a Gamified mHealth Tool (BSAK19)
Evaluating the Impact of Adaptive Personalized Goal Setting on Engagement Levels of Government Staff With a Gamified mHealth Tool: Study Protocol for a 2-Month Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Although the health benefits of physical activity are well established, it remains challenging for people to adopt a more active lifestyle. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions can be effective tools to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior. Promising results have been obtained by using gamification techniques as behavior change strategies, especially when they were tailored toward an individual's preferences and goals; yet, it remains unclear how goals could be personalized to effectively promote health behaviors.
Objective: In this study, the investigators aim to evaluate the impact of personalized goal setting in the context of gamified mHealth interventions. The investigators hypothesize that interventions suggesting health goals that are tailored based on end users' (self-reported) current and desired capabilities will be more engaging than interventions with generic goals.
Methods: The study was designed as a 2-arm randomized intervention trial. Participants were recruited among staff members of Noorderkempen governmental organization. They participated in an 8-week digital health promotion campaign that was especially designed to promote walks, bike rides, and sports sessions. Using an mHealth app, participants could track their performance on two social leaderboards: a leaderboard displaying the individual scores of participants and a leaderboard displaying the average scores per organizational department. The mHealth app also provided a news feed that showed when other participants had scored points. Points could be collected by performing any of the 6 assigned tasks (eg, walk for at least 2000 m). The level of complexity of 3 of these 6 tasks was updated every 2 weeks by changing either the suggested task intensity or the suggested frequency of the task. The 2 intervention arms-with participants randomly assigned-consisted of a personalized treatment that tailored the complexity parameters based on participants' self-reported capabilities and goals and a control treatment where the complexity parameters were set generically based on national guidelines. Measures were collected from the mHealth app as well as from intake and posttest surveys and analyzed using hierarchical linear models.
Note: Eindhoven University of Technology is not an official GCP sponsor. Hence, this study is not a medical clinical trial.
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Wuustwezel, Belgium
- Noorderkempen governmental organization
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Employee of Noorderkempen governmental organization
Exclusion Criteria:
- None
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Control: one-size-fits-all
The study was designed as a 2-arm randomized intervention trial. The experimental setup was centered around setting the complexity parameters (ie, the X values) of the 3 dynamic tasks. In particular, the parameters to determine were as follows: (1) the minimum distance of a longer walk, (2) the minimum distance of a longer bike ride, and (3) the maximum number of rewarded sports sessions (and consequently the number of rewarded points per sports session). For the control group, the parameter values of the dynamic tasks were based on national guidelines. |
Using the mHealth app GameBus, participants could track their performance on 2 social leaderboards: a leaderboard displaying the individual scores of participants and a leaderboard displaying the average scores per department.
To score points on these leaderboards, a participant was given a set of 6 tasks that, upon completion, were rewarded with points.
In this study, 3/6 tasks were either updated generically (for the control group) or personalized (for the treatment group).
By means of the mobile app, users could manually register that they had performed a task.
Alternatively, users could use an activity tracker to automatically track their efforts.
The activity trackers that were supported included Google Fit, Strava, and a GPS-based activity tracker.
Finally, GameBus provided a set of features for social support: a newsfeed showed when other participants had scored points, and participants could like and comment on each other's healthy achievements as well as chat with each other.
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Active Comparator: Treatment: personalized
The study was designed as a 2-arm randomized intervention trial. The experimental setup was centered around setting the complexity parameters (ie, the X values) of the 3 dynamic tasks. In particular, the parameters to determine were as follows: (1) the minimum distance of a longer walk, (2) the minimum distance of a longer bike ride, and (3) the maximum number of rewarded sports sessions (and consequently the number of rewarded points per sports session). For the treatment group, these parameters were tailored to the users' self-reported capabilities and health goals. |
Using the mHealth app GameBus, participants could track their performance on 2 social leaderboards: a leaderboard displaying the individual scores of participants and a leaderboard displaying the average scores per department.
To score points on these leaderboards, a participant was given a set of 6 tasks that, upon completion, were rewarded with points.
In this study, 3/6 tasks were either updated generically (for the control group) or personalized (for the treatment group).
By means of the mobile app, users could manually register that they had performed a task.
Alternatively, users could use an activity tracker to automatically track their efforts.
The activity trackers that were supported included Google Fit, Strava, and a GPS-based activity tracker.
Finally, GameBus provided a set of features for social support: a newsfeed showed when other participants had scored points, and participants could like and comment on each other's healthy achievements as well as chat with each other.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Passive user engagement
Time Frame: one week.
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Number of days participants visited in the app.
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one week.
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Active user engagement
Time Frame: one week.
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Number of health-related activities participants visited in the app.
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one week.
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Pieter Van Gorp, Dr., Eindhoven University of Technology
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
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
- BSAK19
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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