Helping People to Exercise Regularly

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity; Heart Disease
• Interventions: Behavioral: Coupons for use within the next 3 months; Behavioral: Coupons for use within the next week

• Registration Number: NCT01335880
• Lead Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania

Brief Summary

This study tests two different incentive mechanisms to induce members of a particular urban senior center to attend more exercise classes. Coupons for future use are given to participants who attend an exercise class and will be redeemable within either a one week or three month time period, depending on which experimental group the participant is assigned to. Frequency of exercise class attendance at the end of 2 months will be the primary outcome.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-04
• Study First Submitted: 2011-04-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-04-13
• Study First Posted: 2011-04-14
• Status Verified: 2011-07
• Primary Completion: 2012-07
• Study Completion: 2012-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-10-16
• Last Update Posted: 2012-10-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 117

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 55 years or older
• Member of the Philadelphia Senior Center

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Exclusion Criteria

• None

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Promotion I	Coupons for use within the next 3 months	Three month time horizon
Promotion II	Coupons for use within the next week	One week time horizon

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Frequency of exercise class attendance	2 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Carnegie Mellon University; 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States