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Incentives in Cardiac Rehabilitation

NCT03095261 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2017-03-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this study is to examine whether a financial incentive program increases minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per week among cardiac rehabilitation (CR) graduates.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Web-based exercise diary

All participants will have access to a web-based exercise tracking tool called ExTracker. Individuals will be asked to submit their exercise diaries daily for 52 weeks, using the ExTracker program. Upon entering exercise information, participants will receive individual (e.g., You've completed 50% of your exercise sessions this week!) and group-level (e.g., You and the other people in this study are walking across Canada! Next stop - Toronto!) feedback. Should participants cease to use the platform for one week, they will receive an email reminder to re-engage with the platform. Three such emails will be sent to lapsing participants.

DEVICE

Accelerometer

All participants will be asked to wear the StepsCount Piezo accelerometer, and track the steps per day and bout minutes of MVPA per day measured by the device. Additionally, participants will be mailed an accelerometer (and asked to return their used ones) at study weeks 26 and 52 in order for the researcher to confirm the data inputted into the ExTracker from the device.

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reward

Participants will earn 'virtual rewards' (i.e. a heart badge) each day they track their exercise, for the first six months of the study. In the second six months, participants will "crossover" to the other therapy, the 'financial incentive' therapy, for six months.

BEHAVIORAL

Financial Incentive

Participants will earn financial incentives each day they track their exercise, for the first six months of the study. In the second six months, participants will "crossover" to the other therapy, the 'virtual rewards' therapy, for six months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul Oh, MD · University Health Network, Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-30
Primary Completion
2018-04-30
Completion
2018-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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