Adding team-based financial incentives to the Carrot Rewards physical activity app increases daily step count on a population scale: a 24-week matched case control study

• Egile Nagusiak: Emma Pearson (Egilea), Harry Prapavessis (Egilea), Christopher Higgins (Egilea), Robert Petrella (Egilea), Lauren White (Egilea), Marc Mitchell (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Abstract Background Mobile health applications (mHealth apps) targeting physical inactivity have increased in popularity yet are usually limited by low engagement. This study examined the impact of adding team-based incentives (Step Together Challenges, STCs) to an existing mHealth app (Carrot Rewar...