Publications by authors named "Chris Hyson"
Article Synopsis
- A study aimed to see if lottery-based financial incentives could boost physical activity among University of Pennsylvania employees with a higher body mass index.
- 209 participants were monitored for 26 weeks, using smartphones to track their steps, with some receiving various types of incentives over half the study period.
- Results showed the "combined lottery" group achieved their step goals more often than the control group, while the "jackpot" group saw a drop in performance, indicating that the combined lottery incentives were the most effective in promoting activity.
Background: Financial incentive designs to increase physical activity have not been well-examined.
Objective: To test the effectiveness of 3 methods to frame financial incentives to increase physical activity among overweight and obese adults.
Design: Randomized, controlled trial.
Objective: To compare the clinical and imaging characteristics of those PRECEPT (Parkinson Research Examination of CEP-1347 Trial) subjects with a scan without evidence of dopaminergic deficit (SWEDD) to those with dopamine transporter (DAT) deficit scans at study baseline and during a 22-month follow-up.
Methods: Baseline (n = 799) and 22-month follow-up (n = 701) [(123)I] β-CIT SPECT scans were acquired. The percent change in [(123)I] β-CIT striatal binding ratio, the percentage of subjects requiring dopaminergic therapy, the change in Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) score, and the PRECEPT Study investigators' diagnosis at study termination were compared between SWEDD and DAT deficit subjects.