Clinical trial NCT05704712: Exercise Incentives for YMCA Based Exercise
Official title: Empirical Testing of a Widely Available Insurance-based Monetary Incentive Program for Exercise: A Randomized Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Inactivity
Keywords: Incentives
Motivation
Lead sponsor: Brown University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2023-01-30
Enrollment: 330
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial to test financial incentive programs (versus control) to promote physical activity among 330 adults who have a YMCA membership. Participants will have the opportunity to earn up to $100 or $200 (depending on the condition they are assigned to) for attending at least 50 sessions at the YMCA over 6 months. Participants will have two 6-month windows during which they will have the opportunity to earn the incentive. In addition to the incentives, participants will complete research assessments every 3 months.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. A current member, or willing to become a current member of one of the following branches of the YMCA:

   1. Bayside Family YMCA (Barrington, RI)
   2. Cranston YMCA (Cranston, RI)
   3. East Side/Mt. Hope YMCA (Providence, RI)
   4. Kent County YMCA (Warwick, RI)
   5. Newman YMCA (Seekonk, MA)
   6. South County YMCA (South Kingston, RI)
2. Age 18 years or older
3. Physically capable of engaging in exercise

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Not a current member, and unwilling to become a member of one of the above listed YMCA branches.
2. Under age 18.
3. Physically incapable of exercise
4. Doctor has recommended that you should not exercise because of a current health condition

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Number of YMCA visits
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Accelerometry
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Self-report physical activity (Godin)
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
Other outcomes:
measure: Change in Self-Reported Habit of Physical Activity Questionnaire
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Anticipated Regret Questionnaire
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Opportunity Questionnaire
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Capability Questionnaire
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Exercise Facility Use Questionnaire
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Physical Activity Hedonic/Reflective Motivation
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Subjective Social Status
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Reward Responsiveness
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Consideration of Future Consequences
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Delay Discounting
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Loss Aversion
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Overall Health (SF-12 Survey)
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Quality of Life and Health Status (EQ-5D-5L)
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
measure: Change in Absenteeism and Presenteeism
timeFrame: Measured at baseline, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.
Locations:
city: Providence
country: United States
facility: Brown University
state: Rhode Island
Study officials:
affiliation: Brown University School of Public Health
name: David M Williams, Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Brown University School of Public Health
name: Omar Galarraga, Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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