Sedentary Lifestyle; Obesity; General Well-being
Conditions
Keywords
Behavioral economics, Incentives, Health
Brief summary
Employees of Blue Shield of California (BSC) will be recruited to participate to regularly use Walkstations. Some participants will be randomly assigned to a hold out control condition and the remainder will be assigned to one of two experimental treatments: Personal Incentive vs. Charitable Incentive. In the Personal Incentive condition people will be paid $3 for every completed Walkstation session, whereas for participants in the Charitable Incentive condition $3 will be donated to a specific charity. The incentives will operate for approximately 45 days and then for an additional 45 days participants in the two experimental conditions will have access to the Walkstations. Participants in the hold out control condition will begin using the Walkstations after the initial 90 day period.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALIncentives for walkstation usage
The investigators are testing the effect of two different incentive schemes on people's usage of walkstations at work: either a personal incentive (in which people receive personal financial benefit for using the walkstations) vs. a charitable incentive (in which others receive financial benefit if a given individual uses the walkstation).
Sponsors
University of California, Berkeley
Carnegie Mellon University
Harvard University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Must pass the ParQ
Exclusion criteria
* Ineligible if person did not pass ParQ AND did not provide doctor's note authorizing their participation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Walkstation usage | 45 days |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire | baseline; 45 days; 90 days | Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire that assesses job satisfaction, personal well-being, and health behaviors |
| Walkstation usage | 90 days | — |
| Biometrics | baseline & 45 days | Height, weight, and blood pressure |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed