Social Incentives To Encourage Physical Activity and Understand Predictors

NCT03311230 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 827508
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 602
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study tests the effectiveness of three social incentive-based gamification interventions to increase physical activity using a 24-week intervention period with a 12-week follow-up.

Conditions

Obesity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Mean Daily Steps

  Change in mean daily steps from baseline to main intervention period

  weeks 5 to 24 of the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Change in Mean Daily Steps

  Weeks 25 to 36 of the follow-up period

• Proportion of Participant-days That Step Goals Are Achieved

  Weeks 5 to 24 of the main intervention period.

• Proportion of Participant-days That Step Goals Are Achieved

  Weeks 25 to 36 of the follow-up period.

Study Arms (4)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in this arm will receive no other interventions during the 9 month study period

Supportive social incentive

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will identify a family member or friend to support them during a gamification intervention.

Behavioral: Supportive social incentive

Competitive social incentive

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will compete in a gamification intervention in groups of three.

Behavioral: Competitive social incentive

Collaborative social incentive

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will collaborate in groups of three in a gamification intervention

Behavioral: Collaborative social incentive

Interventions

Supportive social incentive BEHAVIORAL

A family member or friend will be used as a support person in this study, to receive updates and support the participant in their progress.

Supportive social incentive

Competitive social incentive BEHAVIORAL

Participants in this intervention will be competing against each other in the game.

Competitive social incentive

Collaborative social incentive BEHAVIORAL

Participants in this intervention will be working with each other in the game.

Collaborative social incentive

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age 18 years or older;
• ability to read and provide informed consent to participate in the study;
• Self-reported body mass index (BMI) of 25 or greater.
• Smartphone or tablet compatible with application for the wearable activity tracking device.

You may not qualify if:

• Conditions that would make participation infeasible such as inability to provide informed consent, illiteracy or inability to speak, read, and write English;
• conditions that would make participation unsafe such as pregnancy or being told by a physician not to exercise;
• already enrolled in another study targeting physical activity;
• any other medical conditions or reasons he or she is unable to participate in a physical activity study for 36 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pennsylvania: lead
• Deloitte: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Lewey J, Murphy S, Zhang D, Putt ME, Elovitz MA, Riis V, Patel MS, Levine LD. Effectiveness of a Text-Based Gamification Intervention to Improve Physical Activity Among Postpartum Individuals With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2022 Jun 1;7(6):591-599. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.0553.

  PMID: 35442393 DERIVED

• Rewley J, Guszcza J, Dierst-Davies R, Steier D, Szwartz G, Patel M. Loss Aversion Explains Physical Activity Changes in a Behavioral Gamification Trial. Games Health J. 2021 Dec;10(6):430-436. doi: 10.1089/g4h.2021.0130.

  PMID: 34860130 DERIVED

• Patel MS, Small DS, Harrison JD, Fortunato MP, Oon AL, Rareshide CAL, Reh G, Szwartz G, Guszcza J, Steier D, Kalra P, Hilbert V. Effectiveness of Behaviorally Designed Gamification Interventions With Social Incentives for Increasing Physical Activity Among Overweight and Obese Adults Across the United States: The STEP UP Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Dec 1;179(12):1624-1632. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.3505.

  PMID: 31498375 DERIVED

• Harrison JD, Jones JM, Small DS, Rareshide CAL, Szwartz G, Steier D, Guszcza J, Kalra P, Torio B, Reh G, Hilbert V, Patel MS. Social incentives to encourage physical activity and understand predictors (STEP UP): Design and rationale of a randomized trial among overweight and obese adults across the United States. Contemp Clin Trials. 2019 May;80:55-60. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2019.04.001. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

  PMID: 30954675 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Joseph Harrison
• Organization: University of Pennsylvania

joseph.harrison@uphs.upenn.edu

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Study Officials

• Mitesh Patel, MD, MBA, MS

  University of Pennsylvania

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Mitesh S. Patel, Director, Penn Medicine Nudge Unit

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 11, 2017
• First Posted: October 17, 2017
• Study Start: October 30, 2017
• Primary Completion: January 7, 2019
• Study Completion: March 18, 2019
• Last Updated: March 2, 2020
• Results First Posted: February 12, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)