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Participants
Start Date
June 21, 2021
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2023
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2023
Financial and social incentives
Participants will be credited with HK$1,000 in their virtual accounts at the beginning of the trial. After baseline step counts are gathered in the second week, they will lose HK$40 for each subsequent week that they do not meet their personal weekly step target. Regarding social incentives, participants will be placed in teams of six, receiving feedback of their physical activity performance, rankings within their groups, and positive messages for encouragement. Nominated supporters will be informed of participants' performance for social support.
Financial incentives
Participants will be credited with HK$1,000 in their virtual accounts at the beginning of the trial. After baseline step counts are gathered in the second week, they will lose HK$40 for each subsequent week that they do not meet their personal weekly step target.
School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
University Grants Committee, Hong Kong
OTHER_GOV
The University of Hong Kong
OTHER