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Tying Devices as a Means of Increasing Exercise

17. december 2018 opdateret af: University of Pennsylvania
The investigators propose that healthy behaviors such as exercise could be increased through the use of tying devices - mechanisms that force a coupling of addictive activities (listening to the next chapter of a page-turner novel) with engagement in a healthy behavior (exercise).

Studieoversigt

Detaljeret beskrivelse

The study will test the effect of the following treatments as a means of increasing gym attendance over 10 weeks: 1. Participants receive access to 4 iTunes audio novels on their own iPods and prompted to listen to those novels only when exercising at the gym; 2: Participants receive 4 iTunes audio novels for a loaned iPod that they will only have access to at the gym; 3: Participants receive weekly emails asking them about their exercise.

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Faktiske)

226

Fase

  • Ikke anvendelig

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiesteder

    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Forenede Stater, 19104
        • University of Pennsylvania

Deltagelseskriterier

Forskere leder efter personer, der passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kaldet berettigelseskriterier. Nogle eksempler på disse kriterier er en persons generelle helbredstilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

18 år til 75 år (Voksen, Ældre voksen)

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ja

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Stable health as determined by the screening of their medical history
  • Own an iPod
  • An interest in exercising more regularly
  • Belong to the Pottruck Gym at University of Pennsylvania
  • Interested in exercising more through the use of aerobic exercise machines

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Recent myocardial infraction
  • congestive heart failure
  • uncontrolled hypertension
  • self-report of 6 or more alcoholic beverages per day or use of any illicit drugs
  • bulimia nervosa or related behaviors
  • diabetes medication

Studieplan

Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.

Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Støttende pleje
  • Tildeling: Randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
  • Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Eksperimentel: Suggested Tying
Receive same treatments as control group, but instead of receiving cash they receive 4 iTunes audio novels for their own iPods. Further, they are prompted to try to listen to those novels only when exercising at the gym in order to increase their attendance.
Participants receive 4 iTunes audio novels for their own iPods to listen to only at the gym
Eksperimentel: Forced Tying
Receives same treatment as the control group. However, in addition to receiving the cash, they also receive 4 iTunes audio novels for a loaned iPod that they will only have access to at the gym. They are told they may only listen to these novels only when at the gym in order to increase their attendance.
Participants receive cash and also 4 iTunes audio novels for a loaned iPod accessible only at the gym to listen to only at the gym.
Eksperimentel: Control
Control group of participants who do not receive any intervention but are weighed at the beginning and end of a 10 week period and receive weekly emails asking them about their exercise. They also receive the equivalent cash value of 4 iTunes audio novels
Receive weekly emails asking participants about their exercise and receive cash.

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tidsramme
Average Weekly Gym Attendance From Baseline to Week 9
Tidsramme: 9 weeks
9 weeks

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Dollar Amount Participants Would Pay for Enrollment
Tidsramme: 9 weeks
Willingness to pay is measured as the dollar amount a participant would pay to be enrolled in a program such as the treatment. Participant who would pay more are said to be more willing to pay, as opposed to those who would pay less or not at all.
9 weeks

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

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Efterforskere

  • Ledende efterforsker: Katherine L. Milkman, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
  • Ledende efterforsker: Julia A Minson, University of Pennsylvania
  • Ledende efterforsker: Kevin G.M. Volpp, MD, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart

1. september 2011

Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)

1. december 2011

Studieafslutning (Faktiske)

1. september 2012

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

3. august 2011

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

4. august 2011

Først opslået (Skøn)

5. august 2011

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)

19. december 2018

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

17. december 2018

Sidst verificeret

1. januar 2018

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • 813970

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Kliniske forsøg med Suggested Tying Intervention

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