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gamification with competition / Obesity / Hypertension · Interventional Study
ClinicalTrials.gov · August 12, 2026
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This is a registered randomized trial comparing two behaviorally designed gamification interventions—one collaborative and one competitive—to increase physical activity in overweight and obese Veterans. No results have been posted in this registry record; the study is active but enrollment is complete. Effectiveness and clinical outcomes remain unreported.
Interventional, Randomized, Single Group, Double masking, Health Services Research purpose. Hypertension, Obesity; age from 18 Years; accepts healthy volunteers. Intervention: gamification with collaboration; gamification with competition. Compared with: attention control — No Intervention. n = 725. 1 site: United States.
This is a registered randomized trial comparing two behaviorally designed gamification interventions—one collaborative and one competitive—to increase physical activity in overweight and obese Veterans. No results have been posted in this registry record; the study is active but enrollment is complete. Effectiveness and clinical outcomes remain unreported.
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This is a clinical trial registry record with no posted results; the study is active but not recruiting, and outcomes have not yet been reported.
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Registry record from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05554601). This is a study registration, not published results. Lead sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development. Recruitment status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING. Phase: NA. Study type: INTERVENTIONAL. Enrollment: 725 participants (ACTUAL). Conditions: Hypertension, Obesity. Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: gamification with collaboration; BEHAVIORAL: gamification with competition. Primary outcome measures: change in physical activity , 6 months. Brief summary: Despite the many associated health benefits, more than half of Veterans do not achieve enough regular physical activity. The investigators' prior work has demonstrated that gamification, a method commonly used for health promotion, can lead to sustained increases in physical activity if it is designed using insights from behavioral economics to enhance social incentives. In this study, the investigators will compare the effectiveness of behaviorally designed gamification that encourages Veterans to collaborate or compete on physical activity levels and examine clinical outcomes as well as costs, barriers and facilitators to implementation of the program within Veterans Affairs.
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