LEMURS SSI: Evaluation of Behavioral Incentives

NCT ID: NCT06340841

Last Updated: 2024-04-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-02-12
• Study Completion Date: 2028-05-31

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.

Conditions

Incentives

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Individual Receives Incentive - No Restorative Incentive

Participant receives incentives directly

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Personal Incentives

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The participant receives incentives directly if they complete an activity on a given day.

Individual Receives Incentive -Restorative Incentive

The participant receives incentives directly. There is a restorative incentive if they miss an activity.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Personal Restorative Incentives

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The participant receives incentives directly if they complete an activity on a given day. They are given an additional incentive to return to completing activities if they did not complete an activity on a prior day.

Charity Receives Incentive - No Restorative Incentive

Participant earns money for charity

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Charity Incentives

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The participant earns compensation for charity if they complete an activity on a given day.

Charity Receives Incentive -Restorative Incentive

Participant earns money for charity. There is a restorative incentive if they miss an activity.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Charity Restorative Incentives

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The participant earns compensation for charity if they complete an activity on a given day. They are given an additional incentive for charity to return to completing activities if they did not complete an activity on a prior day.

Interventions

Personal Incentives

The participant receives incentives directly if they complete an activity on a given day.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Personal Restorative Incentives

The participant receives incentives directly if they complete an activity on a given day. They are given an additional incentive to return to completing activities if they did not complete an activity on a prior day.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Charity Incentives

The participant earns compensation for charity if they complete an activity on a given day.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Charity Restorative Incentives

The participant earns compensation for charity if they complete an activity on a given day. They are given an additional incentive for charity to return to completing activities if they did not complete an activity on a prior day.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

None

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Vermont

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Matthew Price

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont, United States

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

United States

Facility Contacts

Matthew Price, PhD

Role: primary

Matthew.Price@uvm.edu

802-656-9196

Other Identifiers

LEMURS SSI 24

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id