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Helping People to Exercise Regularly

NCT01335880 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 117

Last updated 2012-10-18

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Coupons for use within the next week

Participants who attend an exercise class will receive a coupon for a free exercise class to be used within the next week.

BEHAVIORAL

Coupons for use within the next 3 months

Participants who attend an exercise class will receive a coupon to attend an exercise class for free within the next 3 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Erte Xiao, PhD · Carnegie Mellon University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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