Individual Versus Team-Based Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than half of adults in the United States do not attain the minimum recommended level of physical activity to achieve health benefits. The optimal design of financial incentives to promote physical activity is unknown.

Objective

To compare the effectiveness of individual versus team-based financial incentives to increase physical activity.

Design

Randomized, controlled trial comparing three interventions to control.

Participants

Three hundred and four adult employees from an organization in Philadelphia formed 76 four-member teams.

Interventions

All participants received daily feedback on performance towards achieving a daily 7000 step goal during the intervention (weeks 1- 13) and follow-up (weeks 14- 26) periods. The control arm received

SUBMITTER: Patel MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4907949 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature