Structuring Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity
2 de octubre de 2019 actualizado por: Prof Ho Teck Hua, National University of Singapore
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of different structures of long term financial incentives on increasing physical activity performed by subjects, as measured by the number of steps walked per day.
Investigators are interested in studying whether physical activity increases during an intervention period (with incentives) and a post-intervention period (with no incentives).
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Terminado
Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Descripción detallada
The proposed study is a field experiment. Adults within the ages of 25 and 60 years of age, and with a body mass index of 22 or higher will be eligible to participate.
The study will consist of (1) a two-week baseline period, (2) a 36-week intervention period, and (3) a 12-week follow-up period.
At the beginning of the study, subjects will be given a wearable fitness device and their daily step count will be monitored for two weeks; this is the baseline period. After the two-week baseline period, the subjects will be randomly assigned to one of the five different conditions (Control, Gain, Loss, Gain Streak, or Loss Streak) and will be given the goal to increase their baseline step counts by 2,500 steps.
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HYPOTHESES -- Investigators expect the following:
- Loss Aversion: Subjects in the Loss treatment will achieve the goal on a greater number of days than subjects in the Gain treatment.
- Streak: Subjects in the Gain treatment will achieve the goal on a greater number of days than subjects in the Gain Streak treatment.
- Loss Streak: Subjects in the Loss treatment will achieve the goal on a greater number of days than subjects in the Loss Streak treatment. Whether subjects in the Loss Streak treatment will perform better or worse than subjects in the other two treatments will be investigated.
CONTRIBUTION -- Prior research has not examined the effect of a long term financial incentive (36 weeks) on individual behavior in achieving a goal. In this study, the investigators also examine two additional financial incentive structures: Gain Streak and Loss Streak. If the hypotheses are correct, the results have important implications for designing financial incentives to encourage good behavior and to encourage good habit formation across domains.
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Actual)
620
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Singapore, Singapur, 119077
- National University of Singapore
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
25 años a 60 años (Adulto)
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Sí
Géneros elegibles para el estudio
Todos
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Singapore citizens and permanent residents
- Adults with BMI greater than 22
- Ownership of a smartphone or tablet
- Only one member per household can participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women who are pregnant or breast feeding, or who intend to become pregnant over next year
- Subjects who are already participating in another physical activity program or study
- Subjects who are unable to participate for a total of 1 year
- Subjects who are unwilling to wear the fitness device
- Subjects who already walk more than 10,000 steps a day (self-reported per-day-average over seven days)
Subjects who have any of the following health conditions:
- high blood pressure
- high cholesterol
- heart attack
- heart failure
- stroke
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- kidney disease
- diabetes (type 2)
Plan de estudios
Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Otro
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Doble
Armas e Intervenciones
Grupo de participantes/brazo |
Intervención / Tratamiento |
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Sin intervención: Control
Subjects in the Control treatment are not given any financial incentive to achieve the goal.
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Experimental: Gain Treatment
Financial Incentive: Each subject in the Gain treatment will earn a certain amount of money for each day the goal is achieved.
The money earned will be added to a virtual account that the subject has, and will be paid to the subject at the end of the intervention period.
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Giving different structures of long term (36 weeks) financial incentives to increase physical activity
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Experimental: Loss Treatment
Financial Incentive: Each subject in the Loss treatment will be given a certain amount of money in his/her virtual account at the beginning of every week.
For each day that the subject does not achieve the goal, a small portion of that money will be deducted from the virtual account.
The balance that is left in the virtual account will be paid to the subject at the end of the intervention period.
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Giving different structures of long term (36 weeks) financial incentives to increase physical activity
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Experimental: Gain Streak Treatment
Financial Incentive: Each subject in the Gain Streak treatment get an increasing amount of money added to his/her virtual account for every continuous day that they achieve the goal.
The maximum cumulative amount per week is same as in the other treatment conditions.
The payment is reset at the beginning of each week, or if the subject misses the goal on any day.
The money in the virtual account will be paid to the subject at the end of the intervention period.
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Giving different structures of long term (36 weeks) financial incentives to increase physical activity
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Experimental: Loss Streak Treatment
Financial Incentive: Each subject in the Loss Streak treatment will be given a certain amount of money in his/her virtual account at the beginning of every week.
An increasing amount of money will be deducted for each consecutive day the subject does not achieve the goal.
The payment is reset at the beginning of each week, or when the subject achieves the goal (i.e., deductions are reset when the streak is broken).
The balance that is left in the virtual account will be paid to the subject at the end of the intervention period.
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Giving different structures of long term (36 weeks) financial incentives to increase physical activity
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Step count goal -- Intervention
Periodo de tiempo: 36-week intervention period following the baseline period.
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Proportion of participant-days on which the goal (baseline +2,500 steps) was achieved during the intervention period.
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36-week intervention period following the baseline period.
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Change in mean daily steps -- Intervention
Periodo de tiempo: 36-week intervention period following the baseline period.
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Change in mean daily steps during the intervention period.
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36-week intervention period following the baseline period.
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Step count goal -- Post-intervention
Periodo de tiempo: 12-week post-intervention period.
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Proportion of participant-days on which the goal (baseline +2,500 steps) was achieved during the post-intervention period.
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12-week post-intervention period.
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Change in mean daily steps -- Post-intervention
Periodo de tiempo: 12-week post-intervention period.
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Change in mean daily steps during the post-intervention period.
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12-week post-intervention period.
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Sleep Pattern -- Intervention
Periodo de tiempo: 36-week intervention period following the baseline period.
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Changes in sleep pattern (deep sleep, hours of continuous sleep) during the intervention period.
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36-week intervention period following the baseline period.
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Sleep Pattern -- Post-intervention
Periodo de tiempo: 12-week post-intervention period.
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Changes in sleep pattern (deep sleep, hours of continuous sleep) during the post-intervention period.
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12-week post-intervention period.
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Weight (in kilograms) Loss -- Intervention
Periodo de tiempo: 36-week intervention period following the baseline period.
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Drop in weight from baseline to the end of the intervention period.
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36-week intervention period following the baseline period.
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Weight (in kilograms) Loss -- Post-intervention
Periodo de tiempo: 48-week period following the baseline period.
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Drop in weight from baseline to the end of the post-intervention period.
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48-week period following the baseline period.
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Change in Waist Measurement (in inches) -- Intervention
Periodo de tiempo: 36-week intervention period following the baseline period
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Change in waist measurements from baseline to the end of the intervention period.
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36-week intervention period following the baseline period
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Change in Waist Measurement (in inches) -- Post-intervention
Periodo de tiempo: 48-week period following the baseline period.
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Change in waist measurements from baseline to the end of the post-intervention period.
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48-week period following the baseline period.
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
Aquí es donde encontrará personas y organizaciones involucradas en este estudio.
Patrocinador
Colaboradores
Investigadores
- Investigador principal: Teck H Ho, PhD, National University of Singapore
Fechas de registro del estudio
Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.
Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio (Actual)
9 de octubre de 2017
Finalización primaria (Actual)
17 de enero de 2019
Finalización del estudio (Actual)
30 de enero de 2019
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
26 de septiembre de 2017
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
3 de octubre de 2017
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
9 de octubre de 2017
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
4 de octubre de 2019
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
2 de octubre de 2019
Última verificación
1 de octubre de 2019
Más información
Términos relacionados con este estudio
Términos MeSH relevantes adicionales
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- SG-STEP
Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)
¿Planea compartir datos de participantes individuales (IPD)?
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Descripción del plan IPD
Investigators will not be storing or sharing any personal identifiers.
All individual level data will be anonymized, and only anonymized data will be shared with other researchers, upon request.
Marco de tiempo para compartir IPD
After completion of all analysis.
It will be made available in the supporting documentation.
Criterios de acceso compartido de IPD
It will be made available in the supporting documentation.
Tipo de información de apoyo para compartir IPD
- PROTOCOLO DE ESTUDIO
- CIF
- CÓDIGO_ANALÍTICO
Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio
Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
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Ensayos clínicos sobre Financial Incentive
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