Tying Devices as a Means of Increasing Exercise
2018年12月17日 更新者：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).
研究概览
详细说明
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.
研究类型
介入性
注册 (实际的)
226
阶段
- 不适用
联系人和位置
本节提供了进行研究的人员的详细联系信息，以及有关进行该研究的地点的信息。
学习地点
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Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia、Pennsylvania、美国、19104
- University of Pennsylvania
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参与标准
研究人员寻找符合特定描述的人，称为资格标准。这些标准的一些例子是一个人的一般健康状况或先前的治疗。
资格标准
适合学习的年龄
18年 至 75年 (成人、年长者)
接受健康志愿者
是的
有资格学习的性别
全部
描述
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
学习计划
本节提供研究计划的详细信息，包括研究的设计方式和研究的衡量标准。
研究是如何设计的？
设计细节
- 主要用途：支持治疗
- 分配：随机化
- 介入模型：并行分配
- 屏蔽：无（打开标签）
武器和干预
参与者组/臂 |
干预/治疗 |
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实验性的：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.
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Participants receive 4 iTunes audio novels for their own iPods to listen to only at the gym
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实验性的：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.
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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.
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实验性的：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
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Receive weekly emails asking participants about their exercise and receive cash.
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研究衡量的是什么？
主要结果指标
结果测量 |
大体时间 |
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Average Weekly Gym Attendance From Baseline to Week 9
大体时间：9 weeks
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9 weeks
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次要结果测量
结果测量 |
措施说明 |
大体时间 |
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Dollar Amount Participants Would Pay for Enrollment
大体时间：9 weeks
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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.
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9 weeks
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合作者和调查者
在这里您可以找到参与这项研究的人员和组织。
调查人员
- 首席研究员：Katherine L. Milkman, Ph.D.、University of Pennsylvania
- 首席研究员：Julia A Minson、University of Pennsylvania
- 首席研究员：Kevin G.M. Volpp, MD, Ph.D.、University of Pennsylvania
研究记录日期
这些日期跟踪向 ClinicalTrials.gov 提交研究记录和摘要结果的进度。研究记录和报告的结果由国家医学图书馆 (NLM) 审查，以确保它们在发布到公共网站之前符合特定的质量控制标准。
研究主要日期
学习开始
2011年9月1日
初级完成 (实际的)
2011年12月1日
研究完成 (实际的)
2012年9月1日
研究注册日期
首次提交
2011年8月3日
首先提交符合 QC 标准的
2011年8月4日
首次发布 (估计)
2011年8月5日
研究记录更新
最后更新发布 (实际的)
2018年12月19日
上次提交的符合 QC 标准的更新
2018年12月17日
最后验证
2018年1月1日
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