Implementation of a workplace intervention using financial rewards to promote adherence to physical activity guidelines: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We designed and implemented the Brigham and Women's Wellness Initiative (B-Well), a single-arm study to examine the feasibility of a workplace program that used individual and team-based financial incentives to increase physical activity among sedentary hospital employees.

Methods

We enrolled sedentary, non-clinician employees of a tertiary medical center who self-reported low physical activity. Eligible participants formed or joined teams of three members and wore Fitbit Flex activity monitors for two pre-intervention weeks followed by 24 weeks during which they could earn monetary rewards. Participants were rewarded for increasing their moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) by 10% from the previous week or for meeting the Centers for Disease Control and

SUBMITTER: Losina E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5709939 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature