Enhancing Physical Activity and Weight Reduction Through Smartcare and Financial Incentives: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 105
- 主要终点
- the amount of weight loss (kg)
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators are planning to conduct a pilot RCT of young obese population to evaluate the effect of smartcare with or without financial incentives for 12 weeks. Participants will be randomly assigned to a three-arm of control, smartcare, and smartcare plus financial incentives group.
详细描述
To test the feasibility and potential impact of smartcare with or without financial incentives, the study employed a three-arm, open label randomized controlled trial design: control, smartcare, and smartcare plus financial incentives. The investigators hypothesized that the 'smartcare + financial incentive' arm will show the greatest change in outcomes, followed by the 'smartcare' only arm, and lastly the control arm. Specific aims of the study are as follows:
- To quantify the effectiveness of a 'smartcare' intervention to promote physical activity and reduce weight over a 12 week period.
- To quantify the incremental effectiveness of adding financial incentives to 'smartcare' intervention
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 19 Years 至 45 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •male students aged between 19 to 45;
- •body mass index ≥ 27;
- •smartphone user (either Android or iPhone);
- •able and willing to attend a four pre-specified visit during the study period.
排除标准
- •any treatment involving pharmacotherapy, procedure, or surgery;
- •use of any activity tracker device during the last three months.
- •Those who answered positively to any Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) question were also excluded.
结局指标
主要结局
the amount of weight loss (kg)
时间窗: 12 weeks
Body weight change from the baseline body weight at each visit (4, 8, 12 week)
次要结局
- the level of physical activity (METs*hour/week)(12 weeks)