ArticleNPJ digital medicine2019
The impact of short-term incentives on physical activity in a UK behavioural incentives programme.
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- Behaviour change techniques used in interventions targeting dementia risk factors amongst older adults in rural and remote areas: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025Pooled it
- trips4health: a single-blinded randomised controlled trial incentivising adult public transport use for physical activity gain.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Trial
- Strategies to Increase Patients' Adherence to Digital Therapeutics for Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Narrative Review.Yonsei medical journal · 2026Review
- Tracked Physical Activity Levels Before and After a Change in Incentive Strategy Among UK Adults Using a Rewards App: Retrospective Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Cost-effectiveness of incentives for physical activity in coronary heart disease in Germany: pre-trial health economic model of a complex intervention following the new MRC framework.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- AHA Life's essential 8 and ideal cardiovascular health among young adults.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2023Article
- Integrating Physical Activity Strategies to Lower Hyperglycaemia in Structured Education Programmes for Children and Young People with Type 1 Diabetes Improves Glycaemic Control without Augmenting the Risk of Hypoglycaemia.Pediatric diabetes · 2023Article
- Interventions Designed to Support Physical Activity and Disease Prevention for Working from Home: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- 'He or she maybe doesn't know there is such a thing as a review': A qualitative investigation exploring barriers and facilitators to accessing medication reviews from the perspective of people from ethnic minority communities.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
- Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Current Status of Physical Activity in South Korea.Korean journal of family medicine · 2022Article
- Effect of Exercise and Rehabilitation Therapy on Risk of Hospitalization in Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2022Article
- Active Use and Engagement in an mHealth Initiative Among Young Men With Obesity: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Designing the Optimal Digital Health Intervention for Patients' Use Before and After Elective Orthopedic Surgery: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
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Abstract
This observational study investigates whether the provision of ongoing short-term-incentives for verified physical activity increases and sustains levels of physical activity. We compared UK members at baseline (years 1 and 2) prior to Vitality's Active Rewards (VAR) intervention commencing (year 3) and follow-up (year 4) for verified, self-reported (encompassing additional physical activities), mortality relative risk and satisfaction with physical activity. Members were categorised into low-active, medium-active and high-active by tertiles of baseline physical activity. Of 11,881 participants, 6477(54.5%) were male, with mean age 39.7(SD 9.8) years. At follow-up, annual active days had increased by 56% overall [60.8(59.7-61.9)-94.8(93.0-96.5)]; 554% in low-active [8.5(8.3-8.7)-47.1(44.7-49.5)]; 205% in medium-active [39.8(39.4-40.2)-81.4(78.7-84.1)] and 17% in high-active members [131.7(129.9-133.5)-153.7(150.7-156.7)] (all
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