Incentives for Moving

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Conditions
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Sedentary Lifestyle; Obesity; General Well-being

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Incentives for walkstation usage


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: Hold-out control<br>Hold-out control: participants will be asked to refrain from using the walkstations for the duration of the study (90 days). | |
| Active Comparator: Personal incentive<br>Personal incentive: Participants will receive $3 for each time they use the walkstation. | Behavioral: Incentives for walkstation usage<br>* 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).<br>|
| Experimental: Charitable incentive<br>Charitable incentive: $3 will be donated to charity every time the participant uses the walkstation. | Behavioral: Incentives for walkstation usage<br>* 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).<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Walkstation usage |  | 45 days | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Questionnaire | Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire that assesses job satisfaction, personal well-being, and health behaviors | baseline; 45 days; 90 days | 
| Walkstation usage |  | 90 days | 
| Biometrics | Height, weight, and blood pressure | baseline & 45 days | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Behavioral economics, Incentives, Health