Exercise Incentives for YMCA Based Exercise

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Physical Inactivity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Monetary Incentives

• Registration Number: NCT05704712
• Lead Sponsor: Brown University

Brief Summary

The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial to test financial incentive programs (versus control) to promote physical activity among 330 adults who have a YMCA membership. Participants will have the opportunity to earn up to $100 or $200 (depending on the condition they are assigned to) for attending at least 50 sessions at the YMCA over 6 months. Participants will have two 6-month windows during which they will have the opportunity to earn the incentive. In addition to the incentives, participants will complete research assessments every 3 months.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-27
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-30
• Study Start: 2023-03-16
• Status Verified: 2024-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-06-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-06-27
• Primary Completion: 2027-05-31
• Study Completion: 2027-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 330

Inclusion Criteria

1. A current member, or willing to become a current member of one of the following branches of the YMCA:

   1. Bayside Family YMCA (Barrington, RI)
   2. Cranston YMCA (Cranston, RI)
   3. East Side/Mt. Hope YMCA (Providence, RI)
   4. Kent County YMCA (Warwick, RI)
   5. Newman YMCA (Seekonk, MA)
   6. South County YMCA (South Kingston, RI)

2. Age 18 years or older

3. Physically capable of engaging in exercise

Exclusion Criteria

1. Not a current member, and unwilling to become a member of one of the above listed YMCA branches.
2. Under age 18.
3. Physically incapable of exercise
4. Doctor has recommended that you should not exercise because of a current health condition

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Message 1 - $100	Monetary Incentives	Participants are offered an incentive of $100 to complete 50 exercise sessions at the YMCA within 6 months (Description of incentive 1)
Message 2 - $100	Monetary Incentives	Participants are offered an incentive of $100 to complete 50 exercise sessions at the YMCA within 6 months (Description of incentive 2).
Message 2 - $200	Monetary Incentives	Participants are offered an incentive of $200 to complete 50 exercise sessions at the YMCA within 6 months (Description of incentive 2).
Message 1 - $200	Monetary Incentives	Participants are offered an incentive of $200 to complete 50 exercise sessions at the YMCA within 6 months (Description of incentive 1).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Number of YMCA visits	Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months	Number of sessions (max 1 per day) a person signs into the YMCA

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Self-report physical activity (Godin)	Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.	Self-reported minutes of leisure time physical activity (inside and outside the YMCA) per week weighted by intensity
Change in Accelerometry	Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.	Minutes of physical activity weighted by intensity, expressed in metabolic equivalent (MET) minutes per week as determined by accelerometers (Actigraph \[model wGT3x-BT\]) worn during one-week periods.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Brown University; 🇺🇸 Providence, Rhode Island, United States