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Social and Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity Among Overweight and Obese Veterans

NCT03563027 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2021-09-28

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Summary

In this randomized, controlled trial the investigators will compare the use of social and financial incentive-based interventions to increase physical activity among overweight and obese Veterans during a 12-week intervention with 8 weeks of follow-up.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Social Incentive Gamification

Game-based intervention with points and levels

BEHAVIORAL

Support Sponsor

Participants select a support sponsor to receive weekly updates on progress in the game

BEHAVIORAL

Financial Incentive

Participants receive a loss-framed financial incentive allocated upfront each week and financial incentives taken away each day the goal is not met

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Mitesh S. Patel, MD MBA MS · Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-19
Primary Completion
2020-06-14
Completion
2020-08-09

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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