Impact of Wearable Health Devices and Wellness Behavior Change Support on Health Outcomes and Healthcare Costs

NCT ID: NCT04712383

Last Updated: 2022-02-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

597 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-01-13

Study Completion Date

2022-01-18

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to measure the impact of consumer-grade wearable health devices and behavior change support services, including health coaching, on health behaviors, biometrics, and healthcare costs. The study will be a randomized controlled trial with 700 participants who are employees of UMass Memorial Health Care in which 350 participants (control group) receive standard wellness and medical benefits and services for UMass Memorial Health Care employees and in which 350 participants (intervention group) receive these same standard benefits and services as well as the full Fitbit Care product suite (Fitbit wrist-worn device, Fitbit connected weight scale, and Fitbit Premium + Health Coaching service). Participants in the intervention group will be offered support in improving health behaviors that are important to them, including activity, nutrition, sleep, stress management, and medication adherence. They will also be offered support in tying these behaviors to their health goals, including blood pressure management, blood sugar management, cholesterol management, weight loss, smoking cessation, etc.

The hypothesis is that those employees in the intervention group will experience improved results compared to those in the control group. It is believed that they will have improved health behaviors, improved biometrics, and lower total healthcare costs (fewer complications, fewer hospitalizations, etc.).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Health Behavior

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Fitbit Care intervention arm

The experimental arm will receive the full Fitbit Care product suite (Fitbit wrist-worn device, Fitbit connected weight scale, and Fitbit Premium + Health Coaching service). Participants in the experimental arm will also be offered support in improving health behaviors that are important to them, including activity, nutrition, sleep, stress management, and medication adherence.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Fitbit Care intervention arm

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Entire suite of Fitbit Care.

Fitbit study control arm

Participants in the control arm will have access to standard healthcare benefits available to all employees, but will not have access to any of the Fitbit Care interventions

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Fitbit Care intervention arm

Entire suite of Fitbit Care.

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Employed by UMassMemorial Health Care
* Receive benefits from UMassMemorial Health Care
* Have a smartphone

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant
* Unable to consent
* Non-English speaking
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Fitbit LLC

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Massachusetts eHealth Initiative

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Steven Bird

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Steven Bird, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UMass Memorial Healthcare

Locations

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UMassMemorial Health Care

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Howard-Wilson S, Ching J, Gentile S, Ho M, Garcia A, Ayturk D, Lazar P, Hammerquist N, McManus D, Barton B, Bird S, Moore J, Soni A. Efficacy of a Multimodal Digital Behavior Change Intervention on Lifestyle Behavior, Cardiometabolic Biomarkers, and Medical Expenditure: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Oct 30;13:e50378. doi: 10.2196/50378.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39475852 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2020 - MeHI - 01

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

H00021669

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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