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Using Social Connectedness to Increase Physical Activity

NCT04573972 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 172

Last updated 2024-03-28

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Summary

A randomized controlled trial will test the effectiveness of social incentives relative to traditional incentives in promoting walking behavior among college students (N=200). Participants who are rewarded for walking together will be compared to those who are rewarded for walking even when alone. Research participants will download activity tracking apps (Fitbit app and AWARE app) that provide activity and location data. Participants will be consented and then randomized to one of two incentive schemes for walking. Over a 2-week intervention period, the standard incentive group will earn $2 per day when they meet their walking goal regardless of whether they walk alone or with others. The social incentive group will earn $1 per day when they reach their walking goal plus an additional $1 when they walk at least 2000 steps with their walking partner. The incentive scheme will be in place for 2-weeks, preceded by a 1-week baseline period and followed by a 2-week follow-up period.

Conditions

  • Activity, Motor
  • Social Isolation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Social Incentive

Receiving half the monetary incentive conditional on meeting a step goal and half the monetary incentive conditional on walking together

BEHAVIORAL

Standard Incentive

Receiving the full monetary incentive conditional on meeting a step goal and not conditional on walking together

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • GRETCHEN B CHAPMAN, PhD · Carnegie Mellon University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-30
Primary Completion
2020-11-25
Completion
2021-01-04

Countries

  • United States

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