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ArticleBMC public health2017

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

Elena Losina, Savannah R Smith, Ilana M Usiskin, Kristina M Klara, Griffin L Michl, Bhushan R Deshpande, Heidi Y Yang, Karen C Smith, Jamie E Collins, Jeffrey N Katz

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Article in BMC public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02850094 (The Brigham and Women's Hospital Wellness Project), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02850094 nacompletednot on this map

The Brigham and Women's Hospital Wellness Project

TypeinterventionalSponsorBrigham and Women's HospitalRan2014 to 2015Enrolled292ConditionsPhysical ActivityArmsFinancial Bonuses
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elena LosinaOrthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Policy and Innovation Evaluation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, BTM 5-016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. elosina@partners.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3424-0892
Savannah R SmithOrthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Policy and Innovation Evaluation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, BTM 5-016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Ilana M UsiskinOrthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Policy and Innovation Evaluation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, BTM 5-016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Kristina M KlaraOrthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Policy and Innovation Evaluation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, BTM 5-016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Griffin L MichlOrthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Policy and Innovation Evaluation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, BTM 5-016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Bhushan R DeshpandeOrthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Policy and Innovation Evaluation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, BTM 5-016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Heidi Y YangOrthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Policy and Innovation Evaluation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, BTM 5-016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Karen C SmithOrthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Policy and Innovation Evaluation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, BTM 5-016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Jamie E CollinsOrthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Policy and Innovation Evaluation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, BTM 5-016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Jeffrey N KatzOrthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Policy and Innovation Evaluation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, BTM 5-016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USBoston University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe 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.

methodsWe 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 Prevention (CDC) physical activity guidelines (150 min of MVPA per week). Our primary outcome was the proportion of participants meeting weekly MVPA goals and CDC physical activity guidelines. Secondary outcomes included Fitbit-wear adherence and factors associated with meeting CDC guidelines more consistently.

resultsB-Well included 292 hospital employees. Participants had a mean age of 38 years (SD 11), 83% were female, 38% were obese, and 62% were non-Hispanic White. Sixty-three percent of participants wore the Fitbit ≥4 days per week for ≥20 weeks. Two-thirds were satisfied with the B-Well program, with 79% indicating that they would participate again. Eighty-six percent met either their personal weekly goal or CDC physical activity guidelines for at least 6 out of 24 weeks, and 52% met their goals or CDC physical activity guidelines for at least 12 weeks. African Americans, non-obese subjects, and those with lower impulsivity scores reached CDC guidelines more consistently.

conclusionsOur data suggest that a financial incentives-based workplace wellness program can increase MVPA among sedentary employees. These results should be reproduced in a randomized controlled trial.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov, NCT02850094 . Registered July 27, 2016 [retrospectively registered].

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Occupational HealthAdultCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.ExerciseFeasibility StudiesFemaleGuideline AdherenceGuidelines as TopicHealth PromotionHumansMaleMiddle AgedMotivationObesityRewardSedentary BehaviorExerciseFinancial incentivesPhysical activityWorkplace

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PMID29195494
PMCPMC5709939
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