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Encouraging Walking in Older Adults

NCT01282944 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2014-03-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to evaluate whether financial incentives and peer networks delivered through a novel computer platform utilizing a digital pedometer-internet interface can effectively encourage sustained increases in walking among older adults.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Financial Incentive

Lottery with an approximate 3 in 10 odds of earning $50 and an approximate 3 in 100 odds of earning $200.

BEHAVIORAL

Peer Network

Subjects will be connected with 4 other participants in the same study arm to form a peer network of 5 individuals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jason Karlawish, MD · University of Pennsylvania

  • Jeffrey T Kullgren, MD, MPH · [email protected]

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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