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TAKing Steps for Incentives

NCT01892475 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 314

Last updated 2016-01-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the overall effects of incentives on physical activity among older taxi drivers, and whether mental accounting exists in this context.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity
  • Incentives

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Incentive-based physical activity program

Drivers will be offered rewards valued at a day's rental for meeting daily step targets over the specified number of days each month from Months 1 to 4, where steps will be tracked by a step counter. They will also be offered incentives for meeting the following criteria: 1. Accurately predicting step target attainment the following months (SGD10) 2. Wearing and providing step data over the month (SGD10 and a chance to win 1 of 3 cash prizes valued at SGD500)

BEHAVIORAL

3-month follow up

After the 4-month RCT, drivers will be incentivized to wear the step counter for another 3 months (i.e. Months 5 to 7) to test if effects of the rewards are sustained once the reward is no longer in place. For wearing their step counter and providing their step data, drivers will receive a modest cash incentive (amounting to SGD10) each month as well as the chance to win 1 of 3 cash prizes valued at SGD500.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eric A Finkelstein, Ph.D, M.H.A. · Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-30
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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