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现金奖励是否总是最重要的? 一个随机对照试验,评估快乐与现金激励 (TEH-C) 之间的对比

Eric Andrew Finkelstein¹, Michelle Tian Nee Chow¹, Mihir Gandhi^2,3,4

¹Health Services & Systems Research Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.

Frontiers in public health

|May 15, 2024

概括

现金和快乐的激励有效地促进身体活动 (PA),鼓励个人达到每天的步骤目标. 然而,在这项为期四个月的研究中,两种激励策略都没有表现出优于对方的优势.

科学领域:

行为经济学是一种行为经济学.
公共卫生公共卫生
运动科学运动科学

背景情况:

身体不活动是肥胖和非传染性疾病的主要危险因素.
尽管有众多的健康益处,但大多数人不符合体力活动 (PA) 建议.
激励措施可能会增加PA水平,关于现金或享乐奖励是否更有效的辩论.

研究的目的:

为了比较现金与享乐激励的有效性,在多个时间段内促进身体活动.
为了确定一个激励策略是否优于持续的PA目标实现.

主要方法:

一个为期4个月的随机对照试验,涉及新加坡的健康成年人.
参与者被分配到现金激励臂或享乐激励臂.
每个月至少在20天内达到每日步骤目标 (10,000步) 提供了激励.

主要成果:

现金和享乐激励组都显示了平均每日步骤的显著增加.
在两组中,达到步骤目标的月份比例都很高 (90.53%为现金, 88.34%为享乐).
对于任何结果,现金和享乐激励臂之间没有发现统计学上显著的差异.

结论:

现金和快乐的激励措施都能有效地促进身体活动.
在本研究中,这两种激励策略都没有显示出对另一种激励策略的明显优势.
进一步的研究可能会探索长期影响和个人对激励措施的偏好.

关键词:

加速度计的加速计是什么?现金现金现金现金现金享乐主义者享乐主义者享乐主义者激励措施激励措施身体活动身体活动随机对照试验是随机对照试验.奖励是一种奖励.一个步骤,一个步骤,一个步骤.

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