Fixed Versus Lottery Incentives for Promoting Engagement With a Cadence-Based Smartphone App: Randomized Crossover Trial.
Unlabelled: In a randomized crossover trial of 20 participants, a cadence-based smartphone app using either fixed or lottery financial incentives showed no significant difference in weekly challenge completions, daily steps, or distance, although fixed incentives may be preferable for their implementation simplicity.
Authors
- Ichiro Oikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8628-2843)
- Hiromitsu Imai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7805-1180)
- Iori Miura
- Naoto Uemura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3722-8979)
- Shingo Uenohara
- Ken’ichi Furuya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5407-3673)
- Hirokazu Wakuda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5717-8251)
- Asuka Kuwae
- Megumi Kai
- Kosuke Hayashi
Institutions
- Oita University (JP)
- Nagoya City University (JP)
- Oita University Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2026-05-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/86189
- Primary Topic
- Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00