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Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Messages and Plans to Increase Gym Utilization

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02899559

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Brief summary

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This primary object of this study is to test to the hypothesis that the both the nudge and boost messages will increase short term gym utilization relative to the control condition but that only the boost message will increase long-term gym utilization. Non-technical summary: College students will receive one of three messages about exercise. Their card swipe data as a measure of gym utilization will be tracked as an assessment of the effect of those messages.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02899559
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
University of Pennsylvania
Other
Enrollment
1,000 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Aug 31, 2016
Primary completion
Feb 28, 2017
Completion
Feb 28, 2017
Last update posted
Oct 30, 2017

2016 – 2017

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104

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