Incentives for Moving

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Sedentary Lifestyle; Obesity; General Well-being
• Interventions: Behavioral: Incentives for walkstation usage

• Registration Number: NCT01278680
• Lead Sponsor: Harvard University

Brief Summary

Employees of Blue Shield of California (BSC) will be recruited to participate to regularly use Walkstations. Some participants will be randomly assigned to a "hold out" control condition and the remainder will be assigned to one of two experimental treatments: Personal Incentive vs. Charitable Incentive. In the Personal Incentive condition people will be paid $3 for every completed Walkstation session, whereas for participants in the Charitable Incentive condition $3 will be donated to a specific charity. The incentives will operate for approximately 45 days and then for an additional 45 days participants in the two experimental conditions will have access to the Walkstations. Participants in the hold out control condition will begin using the Walkstations after the initial 90 day period.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2011-01-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-01-18
• Study First Posted: 2011-01-19
• Study Start: 2011-02
• Primary Completion: 2013-04
• Study Completion: 2013-04
• Status Verified: 2015-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-08-17
• Last Update Posted: 2015-08-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• Must pass the ParQ

Exclusion Criteria

• Ineligible if person did not pass ParQ AND did not provide doctor's note authorizing their participation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Personal incentive	Incentives for walkstation usage	Personal incentive: Participants will receive $3 for each time they use the walkstation.
Charitable incentive	Incentives for walkstation usage	Charitable incentive: $3 will be donated to charity every time the participant uses the walkstation.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Walkstation usage	45 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Walkstation usage	90 days
Questionnaire	baseline; 45 days; 90 days	Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire that assesses job satisfaction, personal well-being, and health behaviors
Biometrics	baseline & 45 days	Height, weight, and blood pressure

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Blue Shield of California; 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States