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Study NCT ID:
NCT01278654
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2012-03-19
First Post:
2011-01-18
Brief Title:
Lottery Incentives for Moving
Sponsor:
Harvard University
Organization:
Harvard University
Study Overview
Official Title:
None
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2012-03
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The purpose of the study is to learn more about effective ways to motivate people to increase their non-exercise energy expenditure exercise This is an important research question because obesity and weight-related issues are increasingly becoming a problem in America This project will address this research question by testing the effect of two different incentive schemes in motivating employees who are predominantly sedentary to use Walkstations at work The Walkstations are treadmills that move at a very slow rate maximum 2miles hour and are attached to a work station ie with computer and telephone they therefore are designed to increase energy spent not through heavy exercise but through small changes in posture and movement associated with routines in daily life called nonexercise activity thermogenesis or NEAT
Subjects will be employees of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts BCBSMA Subjects will be the control participants from the previous Walkstation study we ran with BCBSMA All 120 control participants from this previous study will be told that they can now participate in a study that involves the Walkstations up until now they have not been given access to the Walkstations These participants from the previous study will be sent an email informing them that they are eligible to participate in this new Walkstation pilot Those who are interested in participating will then be invited to sign up for an enrollment session There will be no incentives for participating in the initial enrollment session For the 2 month follow-up session participants will have a chance to win 1 of 3 prizes 1 100 2 50 for completing the follow-up
Subjects will be employees of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts BCBSMA Subjects will be the control participants from the previous Walkstation study we ran with BCBSMA All 120 control participants from this previous study will be told that they can now participate in a study that involves the Walkstations up until now they have not been given access to the Walkstations These participants from the previous study will be sent an email informing them that they are eligible to participate in this new Walkstation pilot Those who are interested in participating will then be invited to sign up for an enrollment session There will be no incentives for participating in the initial enrollment session For the 2 month follow-up session participants will have a chance to win 1 of 3 prizes 1 100 2 50 for completing the follow-up
Detailed Description:
None
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None