a eeaera ae Walk to a bigger bank account ‘Anew study wants to find out if financial incentives will encourage office workers to be more active E'S a god esontoget out Hives Ane sd he Des ct soo eet roti rdw ech od (fir wotrsuho wear he ty hnown at TRIPE etic fo ramet Py Ate diferent economic nconves ond ‘ecommended act goals ep peopl impor te ea sd Pre rere vette, heath Serves td toms neers op Dts Ws Cadac conchae Beteepegane Some cops te Ud States scoped ose on UR Saag ayer vec ene oe stenpitt medcaibonces tens Shoat nore Resa ys cy yea te one of Sets and neers as wes iach once tne i obey weitere ‘typerenacn ad date cope that te sy wi seit vate eoned beyond cho be Stopes emma neh wore y stots Pe Poll Tre feted fulie ole San ses fre shown theme ne ofthe dcr roupe racers hatoal ea Soy ene tht pr Cn Pre Terie ead Picasa ‘Activity levels tracked in realtime Patiipants in the study are randomly vided ne fourasereh groupe ith de feretincentves and goal “The Control group has no physical activity goals, but participants wil arn Ses week orate month. The other ree hai Incentive alge» FRE, 2 ‘mrartpedoreter which counts ep apd wach and colates distance walked and ‘lores burt Participants inthe bit Only group ‘earn St sek for sx months and ore not fiven a physialactiy gol but tho eivy smontorea Partcpantsin the Cash inconve and ‘Charity Incantve groups erm monetary Incentives for sx months for meeting physical secty gous. They are gen S15 3 weekifthey watkat east 50,000 teps er woth oF $803 ek for at ast 70,000 ‘eps each weok but incenves fom the (Chari nerve group wil be donated to ‘hecho the parteipat sche, ‘Data collected bythe Fitts used to calculate the incentives earned, vihile an accelerometer measures the participants’ physieal ative fora Seven day period st month eo sand Softhe uy. Prot Fintan cae that most people walk about 500 steps 9 day, haf the ‘ini 1000 step neded for beter Feath. They should be able to achieve the ‘minimum 10,000 steps with 45-minute Walk or 3 30-minute og on top of ther normal daly activities, Prof Finkelstein sid early data sug ested that volunteers who opted fo fonatetherincentives ts chartered tobe the most active, and the ida of incuding the charity portion had come fom the popula oer watations inSingspore. Incentives wil onl be pad forthe fist sicmnths ofthe study, but partpants ho ae gien the Ebi wil have wear ‘hei smart pedorneterfor all 12 months ofthestdy.Theincantvesaresuperded Sherk months to see the patterns facia wl contin (thats, tf ‘vt inevidval benavour con need bechonged ‘oar, about 200 people have been recruited. The full study ness 200 peopl for ech of te fou groupe Pat Eipants have to be fully employed, between 21 ands years od micoring Peon tick Fenn the prof ofthe workers here = ana (Sendetesse must nat ave 3 media conden tat Saou tray bo impatedby partcston nye ete oper (Sincere ial ‘Grour PHYSICALACTIVITYGOALS INCENTIVES | = = ee eee gee CS a whemeiaees eee Sees ee eis k eo utrenrds wile dontestos hort ofthe paricpane's choice eee 8 ‘eteast 70000 taps weey 0 | | | More cash-incentive studies from Duke-NUS team ‘TRIPPA Tal of incentives to Pro- ‘mote Physical Activity leone of Shveral sce economic Incentives ha the De NUS Grad ‘te Medial Sthoe is undertaking “The medial schoo alo ane ring TRO (Trial for incentives on ‘Obesity to find outifand how cash ‘rewards wll encourage people to lose weight. Like TRIPP, TIO cone {tok group participants are rewarded with cash when they meet welght- less targets, Started in October 2012 and expected to wrapup in March 215, ‘TRIO Is un in colaboraion with the Singapore General Hospital's Lifestyle Improvement and Fitness enhancement (Ure) centre. Participants have fo eral Inthe LIFE Centre's fourmmonthabesty management programme The Ceive’s Clnins,cetian nd physiotherapists hip thes ead a healthy ese ara in ‘the process, achieve longterm weight leeeand weight maintenance. (Vist hes dke-nus-edu sp for more nfrmation Sbowt TRO) According to Professor Erie A. over an lght-manth period. the Finkelstein, Health Services and Sys- participant i able to walk about ‘tems Research Program, Duke-NUS 1000 step aay for a east 20 cays Gradvate Medial School, the Duke- each month, he wil be rewarded NUS team is alo embarking on another with aday'srontalvebate ‘study, TAKS! (TaKing Steps forIncen- “Taw ventals ae especialy close tives), which willbe funded by an totheheart asfaras tan drivers are US gant ‘concerned Tas drives also tend TAKSIs targeted at another group of tobe the least ctv, whieh is why Inactive people cabbies, they ae one ofthe Dest subjects to ‘The study hopes to recruit 300 taal study the effec ofthe seo fina ‘vers batween 50 and 75 ears od to cla Incentives to promote physieal meet target level of physial activity activity sbi Prof Flas,