Effect of a financial incentive (shopping point) on increasing the number of daily walking steps among community-dwelling adults in Japan: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a financial incentive on the number of daily walking steps among community-dwelling adults in Japan.

Study design

Two-arm, parallel-group randomised controlled trial.

Setting/participants

We recruited physically inactive community-dwelling adults from Sendai city, Japan. Eligible participants were randomly allocated to an intervention or a wait list control group. Pedometers were used to assess the mean number of daily steps in three periods: baseline (weeks 1-3), intervention (weeks 4-6) and follow-up (weeks 7-9).

Intervention

The intervention group was offered a financial incentive (shopping points) to meet the target number of increased daily steps in the intervention period.

Main outcome me

SUBMITTER: Tanji F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643498 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature