An interventional study of Incentivizing planning and Incentivizing exercise in Healthy, sponsored by University of Pennsylvania. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-06-11.
Sponsored by University of Pennsylvania · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
This study will test whether incentivizing pre-workout activities (i.e., planning workouts) is more effective than incentivizing actual workouts. This study has two conditions: planning condition (with incentives for planning) vs. output (with incentives for working out). The focus of the incentives will be reinforced by three text messages per week and weekly emails.
Gym members register online to participate in a 28-day workout program. Upon registration, participants are assigned to one of two conditions (a condition that incentivizes planning or a condition that incentivizes workouts). Upon registration, participants are prompted to create a workout schedule and are given tips about how to create a workout habit. Over the 28-day intervention period, participants receive text message reminders prior to their scheduled workouts and emails reminding them of their schedules. In both conditions, participants receive points every day that they go to the gym, which can be redeemed for a gift card after the intervention period. In the planning condition, participants can receive bonus points for responding to each of three text messages each week asking about their plans for going to the gym. In the output condition, participants receive bonus points for their first three workouts each week.
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Participants will receive three texts each week asking a question to help plan for the next workout, and will receive 500 points for each text they answer. These bonus points are on top of points participants receive for each workout (200 points per workout).
Behavioral: Incentivizing planning
Participants will receive three texts each week asking a question about their workout. Regardless of whether or not they respond to the texts, participants receive 500 bonus points for their first three workouts during the week. These bonus points are on top of points participants receive for each workout (200 points per workout).
Behavioral: Incentivizing exercise
Participants receive bonus incentives for planning their workouts
Participants receive bonus incentives for exercising
Gym visits per week
Number of times the participant goes to the gym
Time frame: During the 28-day intervention period
Gym visits per week
Number of times the participant goes to the gym
Time frame: During the 4-weeks post-intervention
Gym visits per week
Number of times the participant goes to the gym
Time frame: During the 10-weeks post-intervention
Whether or not a participant visits the gym in a given week
Binary variable capturing whether or not a participant had any gym visits in a given week
Time frame: During the 28-day intervention period
Whether or not a participant visits the gym in a given week
Binary variable capturing whether or not a participant had any gym visits in a given week
Time frame: During the 4-weeks post intervention
Whether or not a participant visits the gym in a given week
Binary variable capturing whether or not a participant had any gym visits in a given week
Time frame: During the 10-weeks post intervention
Gym visits per week
Number of times the participant goes to the gym
Time frame: During the 52-weeks post-intervention
Whether or not a participant visits the gym in a given week
Binary variable capturing whether or not a participant had any gym visits in a given week
Time frame: During the 52-weeks post-intervention
Plan to share: No
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