Boosting workplace stair utilization: A study of incremental reinforcement.

Schumacher, Joseph E.; Utley, Janice; Sutton, Lindsay; Horton, Trudi Venters; Hamer, Trey; You, Zhiying; Klapow, Joshua C.

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“…Likewise, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, effective as of January 1 st , 2014) encourages the use of incentive programs to improve preventative care (62). Consistent with the PPACA, several uncontrolled studies have demonstrated favorable results for incentivized worksite physical activity programs (36, 39–41). Offering cash rebates of $150 (40) or savings on out-of-pocket insurance expenses (up to $2000 in some cases) (41) have yielded pre-post increases in both self-reported and objectively measured physical activity behavior, respectively.…”

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“…One option is the use of substantially smaller monetary incentives to influence exercise behavior. For example, in an uncontrolled intervention study, Schummacher and colleagues (36) demonstrated that relatively minimal incentives ($0.20 per day maximum) boosted employee stair utilization within a larger employee-based health rewards program. A second option is implementing a negative reinforcement “buy-in” system, in which participants pay a fee to enroll that provides an opportunity to earn money back for meeting exercise goals.…”

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The Impact of Incentives on Exercise Behavior: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

2013

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Background The effectiveness of reinforcing exercise behavior with material incentives is unclear. Purpose Conduct a systematic review of existing research on material incentives for exercise, organized by incentive strategy. Methods Ten studies conducted between January 1965 and June 2013 assessed the impact of incentivizing exercise compared to a non-incentivized control. Results There was significant heterogeneity between studies regarding reinforcement procedures and outcomes. Incentives tended to improve behavior during the intervention while findings were mixed regarding sustained behavior after incentives were removed. Conclusions The most effective incentive procedure is unclear given the limitations of existing research. The effectiveness of various incentive procedures in promoting initial behavior change and habit formation, as well as the use of sustainable incentive procedures should be explored in future research.

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The Impact of Incentives on Exercise Behavior: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

2013

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“…Twelve studies were web- or mHealth-based, 108–119 eight were implemented in educational settings, 120–126 five were conducted in laboratory settings, 106,127–130 and four were implemented in sports facilities. 131–134 Other studies reported interventions conducted at the workplace, 135–137 in medical centres, 114,138 in a senior centre, 130 or outdoors. 139 Participants were employees ( n = 7), 113–117,119,120,131,135–137 college students ( n = 8) 106,111,124,127,128,131,134 and school children ( n = 6).…”

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Use and effectiveness of behavioural economics in interventions for lifestyle risk factors of non-communicable diseases: a systematic review with policy implications

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Vasilescu

Cherecheș

2017

Perspect Public Health

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“…Our results are in line with Soler et al (80), finding strong evidence that point-of-decision prompts can increase the proportion of people choosing stairs instead of the elevator or escalator. In our review, a majority of the interventions used point-of-decision prompts, but positive effects on PA were also observed in those 3 studies including environmental changes (61, 66, and 68) and 1 using financial incentives (65).…”

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Interventions to reduce sedentary behavior and increase physical activity during productive work: a systematic review

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Mathiassen³

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Scand J Work Environ Health

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Interventions to reduce sedentary behavior and increase physical activity during productive work: a systematic review by Commissaris DACM, Huysmans MA, Mathiassen SE, Srinivasan D, Koppes LLJ, Hendriksen IJM This systematic review on interventions intended to change workers' sedentary behavior or physical activity is the first to focus on initiatives that can be implemented during productive work and that change behavior while workers perform their usual jobs. Thus, the review offers decision support when selecting effective interventions for improved health and well-being that are compatible with maintained production.Key terms: activity-permissive workstation; alternative workstation; best-evidence synthesis; intervention; personalized behavioral intervention; physical activity; physical inactivity; productive work; review; sedentary behavior; sitting; stair use; systematic review; workplace This article in PubMed: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26683116 Additional materialPlease note that there is additional material available belonging to this article on the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health -website. Scand J Work Environ Health 2016, vol 42, no 3 181Review Scand J Work Environ Health 2016;42(3):181-191. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3544 Interventions to reduce sedentary behavior and increase physical activity during productive work: a systematic review by Dianne ACM Commissaris, PhD,1,2,3 Maaike A Huysmans, PhD,4, 5 Svend Erik Mathiassen, Professor, 2 Divya Srinivasan, PhD, 2 Lando LJ Koppes, PhD,1,6 Ingrid JM Hendriksen, PhD 1,5 Commissaris DACM, Huysmans MA, Mathiassen SE, Srinivasan D, Koppes LLJ, Hendriksen IJM. Interventions to reduce sedentary behavior and increase physical activity during productive work: a systematic review. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2016;42(3): 181-191. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3544 Objectives Many current jobs are characterized by sedentary behavior (SB) and lack of physical activity (PA).This review addresses the effectiveness of workplace interventions that are implemented during productive work and are intended to change workers' SB and/or PA. MethodsWe searched Scopus for articles published from 1992 until 12 March 2015. Relevant studies were evaluated using the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies and summarized in a best-evidence synthesis. Primary outcomes were SB and PA, both at work and overall (ie, during the whole day); work performance and health-related parameters were secondary outcomes. ResultsThe review included 40 studies describing 41 interventions organized into three categories: alternative workstations (20), interventions promoting stair use (11), and personalized behavioral interventions (10). Alternative workstations were found to decrease overall SB (strong evidence; even for treadmills separately); interventions promoting stair use were found to increase PA at work while personalized behavioral interventions increased overall PA (both with moderate evidence). There was moderate evidence to show alternative workstations influenced neithe...

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Boosting workplace stair utilization: A study of incremental reinforcement.

Cited by 11 publications

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The Impact of Incentives on Exercise Behavior: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

The Impact of Incentives on Exercise Behavior: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Use and effectiveness of behavioural economics in interventions for lifestyle risk factors of non-communicable diseases: a systematic review with policy implications

Interventions to reduce sedentary behavior and increase physical activity during productive work: a systematic review

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