Project Step: Evaluating Deposit Contracts and Daily Feedback to Promote Walking in Overweight and Obese Adults

NCT03566277 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 1601004185-1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to test whether deposit contracts, wherein individuals invest their own money with the study to serve as the incentive, with or without daily feedback about progress help individuals to increase step counts and more often meet a step goal compared to self-monitoring only.

Conditions

Physical Activity; Sedentary Lifestyle; Obesity; Overweight

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Step counts

  Daily number of steps taken

  Throughout 16-week study, measured as the average of each two-week block (i.e., each time condition changes)

• Goal attainment

  Proportion of days step goal was met

  Throughout 16-week study, measured as the average of each two-week block (i.e., each time condition changes)

Study Arms (1)

Single-arm trial

EXPERIMENTAL

All participants will undergo each of three conditions during the study.

Behavioral: Self-monitoring; Behavioral: Incentives; Behavioral: Feedback

Interventions

Self-monitoring BEHAVIORAL

Participants will have access to a wrist-worn activity monitor and have a daily step goal

Single-arm trial

Incentives BEHAVIORAL

Participants will have a deposit contract, wherein they will lose money if a goal is not reached, or double their money if a goal is reached

Single-arm trial

Feedback BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive text message feedback each day about progress towards their goal

Single-arm trial

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• kg/m2 ≤ BMI ≤ 45 kg/m2
• Age 18-70
• Currently inactive (engages in less than 6,000 steps/day on at least 4 of 7 days per week, confirmed by FitBit at baseline)
• Able to engage in moderate amount of walking
• Able to receive email/text messages from study staff

You may not qualify if:

• \- medical or psychiatric conditions that would make it difficult to comply with study protocols

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Drexel University: lead
• Psi Chi: collaborator
• Qualtrics: collaborator
• American College of Sports Medicine: collaborator

Related Publications (1)

• Kerrigan SG, Forman EM, Patel M, Williams D, Zhang F, Crosby RD, Butryn ML. Evaluating the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Effects of Deposit Contracts With and Without Daily Feedback to Promote Physical Activity. J Phys Act Health. 2020 Jan 1;17(1):29-36. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2018-0589.

  PMID: 31698334 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity; Sedentary Behavior; Obesity; Overweight

Interventions

Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; Fertility

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Blood Chemical Analysis; Clinical Chemistry Tests; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; Diagnosis; Diagnostic Techniques, Endocrine; Monitoring, Physiologic; Self-Testing; Self Care; Therapeutics; Investigative Techniques; Reproductive Physiological Phenomena; Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Doctoral Candidate

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 12, 2018
• First Posted: June 25, 2018
• Study Start: December 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2017
• Study Completion: August 8, 2017
• Last Updated: June 25, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share