Extending Contingency Management's Benefits With Progressively Increasing Variable Interval Prize Reinforcement

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Exercise, Addictive Behaviors

In brief

Contingency Management (CM) is highly effective in promoting recovery from substance use disorders, but benefits tend to attenuate over time when CM is discontinued. Identifying modifications of CM delivery that can extend its benefits is an important goal. The goal of this study is to evaluate the use of reinforcements to increase physical activity, specifically walking. The study provides a standard CM intervention to promote walking for three weeks. After three weeks, a progressively increasing variable interval schedule of reinforcement will be evaluated for increasing the durability of effects of the initial CM intervention. We hypothesize that Variable Interval Prize Contingency Management will result in greater adherence to a walking goal of 10,000 steps per day at Week 15 and Week 24 compared to the Control Condition.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01184040

Run by

UConn Health

People needed

61

Starts

2010-05-01

Expected to finish

2012-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age > 18 years
• currently not physically active
• Physically able and willing to walk 10,000 steps per day

You may not qualify if…

• psychiatric or physical illness that could interfere with participation

Where it is running

• UConn Heatlh Center — Farmington, Connecticut, United States

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