Clinical trial NCT06340841: LEMURS SSI: Evaluation of Behavioral Incentives
Official title: Lived Experiences Measured Using Ring Study: Single Session Intervention to Motivate Behavioral Change
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: PHASE1
Conditions: Incentives
Lead sponsor: University of Vermont
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-04-02
Enrollment: 200
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 20
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Intervention model description: Participants will be randomized to one of four incentive conditions and receive rewards based on their completion of such activities. There are two main factors (Recipient x Restoration) that will create four distinct groups.
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The goal of this substudy is to determine if a brief single-session-intervention (SSI) coupled with different incentive strategies to support engaging in wellness-related activities.

Detailed description: The goal of this substudy is to determine if a brief single-session-intervention (SSI) coupled with different incentive strategies to support engaging in wellness-related activities. Participants will be given a brief SSI that will provide education and strategies to improve a wellness related goal (e.g., improve sleep, improve physical activity, improve mental health). They will then be asked to select a series of wellness related-behaviors in support of that goal to complete each day (e.g., going for a 20 minute walk, going to bed at a specific time). Participants will be randomized to one of four incentive conditions and receive rewards based on their completion of such activities. The aim of the study is to determine which incentive strategy may prove most effective in promoting wellness behaviors. There are two main factors (Recipient x Restoration) that will create four distinct groups. Recipient refers to who will receive the incentive - either an individual or a charity. Restoration refers to what happens when a participant misses a day of completing their goal - they are given a restorative (additional) incentive to participants on the following day or not given such an incentive. The primary hypothesis is that individuals receiving the incentive with a restorative element will result in significantly more activities completed. Additional hypotheses regarding differences among the other groups are not made given the lack of prior work on these strategies in this area.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Current undergraduate student in their first year of school own a mobile device

Exclusion Criteria:

None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Activity Completion
timeFrame: up to 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale - 21
timeFrame: up to 6 months
measure: Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale - 21
timeFrame: up to 6 months
measure: Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale - 21
timeFrame: up to 6 months
measure: Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale
timeFrame: up to 6 months
measure: Oura Ring Sleep Index
timeFrame: up to 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Burlington
country: United States
facility: University of Vermont
state: Vermont
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