Empirical Testing of a Widely Available Insurance-based Monetary Incentive Program for Exercise: A Randomized Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity
- Sponsor
- Brown University
- Enrollment
- 330
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Number of YMCA visits
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
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.
Investigators
David M. Williams
Professor
Brown University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •A current member, or willing to become a current member of one of the following branches of the YMCA:
- •Bayside Family YMCA (Barrington, RI)
- •Cranston YMCA (Cranston, RI)
- •East Side/Mt. Hope YMCA (Providence, RI)
- •Kent County YMCA (Warwick, RI)
- •Newman YMCA (Seekonk, MA)
- •South County YMCA (South Kingston, RI)
- •Age 18 years or older
- •Physically capable of engaging in exercise
Exclusion Criteria
- •Not a current member, and unwilling to become a member of one of the above listed YMCA branches.
- •Physically incapable of exercise
- •Doctor has recommended that you should not exercise because of a current health condition
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Number of YMCA visits
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months
Number of sessions (max 1 per day) a person signs into the YMCA
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in Self-report physical activity (Godin)(Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.)
- Change in Accelerometry(Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.)