NCT02005276

Way to Be Active 2 (Lotteries)

A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Economic Interventions to Improve Physical Activities: Lottery Incentives

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 209 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Employers are increasingly looking for opportunities to motivate sedentary employees to become more physically active. Workplace walking programs have had mixed success and typically show most improvement among participants that are already fairly active at a baseline. The goal of this study is to determine whether a financial incentive program can motivate sedentary employees to increase the number of steps they walk per day to meet a minimum threshold. Our primary outcome measure is the proportion of days a minimum activity of 7000 steps or more is achieved. We will assess outcomes each week for 3 months using incentives followed by 3 months of follow-up without incentives. Secondary outcomes will include the average steps walked per day.

Conditions

• Sedentary Employees

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Basic Lottery	Participants who meet their daily step goals will be eligible for a daily lottery. They will have about a 1 in 4 chance of winning $5. Expected value is about $1.40 per person per day.
BEHAVIORAL	Combined Lottery	Participants who meet their daily step goals will be eligible for a daily lottery. They will have about a 1 in 4 chance of winning $5 and a 1 in 100 chance of winning $50. Expected value is about $1.40 per person per day.
BEHAVIORAL	Jackpot Lottery	Participants who meet their daily step goals will be eligible for a daily lottery. They will have about a 1 in 400 chance of winning $500. Expected value is about $1.40 per person per day.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2014-10-01
• First posted: 2013-12-09
• Last updated: 2019-03-05
• Results posted: 2019-03-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States