Circulation May 2024 PMID 38583084

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial.

Alexander C Fanaroff, Mitesh S Patel, Neel Chokshi, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Laurie Norton, Charles Rareshide, Jingsan Zhu, Tamar Klaiman, Julia E Szymczak, Louise B Russell, Dylan S Small, Kevin G M Volpp

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Peak: 49 in Apr 2024
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What people are saying

Overall, the social discussions demonstrate strong support and interest in the article, with examples like mentions of increased physical activity measures, references to influential presentations, and endorsements of behavioral approaches, which show a deep engagement with the study's implications and real-world applications.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions support the positive effects of the study, highlighting its findings and endorsing gamification and incentives as effective.

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Posts express high curiosity, referencing specific results like increased steps and engaging with concepts such as behavioral strategies.

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Abstract in brief

  • The BE ACTIVE trial investigated whether combining gamification and financial incentives or using them separately could effectively boost physical activity in high-risk cardiovascular patients over a year-long intervention and a six-month follow-up.
  • Results showed that all intervention groups—gamification, financial incentives, or both—significantly increased their daily steps compared to the control group, with the combined approach having the largest effect.
  • The study suggests that behavioral economics-based strategies like gamification and financial rewards can sustain increased physical activity in patients at high cardiovascular risk, although the persistence of these effects after the intervention ended needs further research.]

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Jay Giri
@jaygirimd · X

Superstar physician scientist @ACFanaroff shows us how to best get our patients moving with his late breaking presentation of the BE ACTIVE RCT! Now published in Circulation: https://t.co/BZb6X2D9uM https://t.co/GOCIPHDtAs

Apr 7, 2024 · 36 likes · 6 shares · 4,067 followers View post →
Panteleimon ("Paddy") Ekkekakis
@Ekkekakis · X

$3.5M trial with > 1,000 participants examines the effects of "gamification" (without assessing affect or enjoyment), financial incentives, and their combination, on physical activity. Without any input from or reference to exercise psychology research. https://t.co/Tm0EoLPtwH https://t.co/TKUyFCFZ7w

Apr 9, 2024 · 29 likes · 4 shares · 5,933 followers View post →
Masashi Kanai | 金居 督之
@kanaimasa · X

心血管イベントのリスクが高い患者に対する身体活動促進のRCT

Apr 15, 2024 · 17 likes · 2,298 followers View post →
Prof Kamlesh Khunti
@kamleshkhunti · X

RCT to improve physical activity Behaviourally gamification with financial incentive increased physical activity Data only upto 12 months https://t.co/gkjm5bcr4d https://t.co/v8m7bTfckG

Apr 10, 2024 · 12 likes · 3 shares · 24,469 followers View post →
C. Michael Gibson MD
@CMichaelGibson · X

What’s the effect of gamification, financial incentives, or both to increase physical activity in pts with high CV risk. Download the BE ACTIVE trial slides here: https://t.co/zLTuYk8Uyv https://t.co/vt23Qs1tmy

Apr 7, 2024 · 11 likes · 3 shares · 432,070 followers View post →
Neuroscience News
@NeuroscienceNew · X

“Effects of gamification, financial incentives, or both to increase physical activity among patients at high risk of cardiovascular events: The BE ACTIVE randomized controlled trial” by Fanaroff AC et al. Circulation https://t.co/4iIu97RYdA 3/3

Apr 8, 2024 · 7 likes · 3 shares · 505,541 followers View post →

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ACSM - Aging Interest Group
@ACSM_AIG · X

In their study of >1,000 older adults at high risk of CVD, Fanaroff et al. (2024) found those receiving a gamified physical activity prescription coupled with a financial incentive increased their walking behavior by more than 800 steps/day! Source: https://t.co/9NZHGCeoW3 https://t.co/CPkLKFzwLn

Apr 20, 2024 · 2 likes · 59 followers View post →
UoL Movement & Physical Activity Research Network
@InterActiveUoL · X

Interesting new study suggests that short-term incentives or reminders for physical exercise can lead to sustained increases in activity https://t.co/04HzQ78zWE

Apr 18, 2024 · 1 like · 188 followers View post →
Masashi Kanai | 金居 督之
@kanaimasa · X

心血管イベントのリスクが高い患者に対する身体活動促進のRCT

Apr 15, 2024 · 17 likes · 2,298 followers View post →
Chidambara .ML.
@chidambara09 · X

RT @BethFratesMD: Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardio…

Apr 15, 2024 · 2 shares · 11,713 followers View post →
Subhash
@Subhash54150981 · X

RT @BethFratesMD: Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardio…

Apr 15, 2024 · 2 shares · 497 followers View post →
Beth Frates MD
@BethFratesMD · X

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial | Circulation https://t.co/qoiAEYj7K2 #exercise #CardioTwitter #health

Apr 14, 2024 · 5 likes · 2 shares · 156,240 followers View post →
Camilo E.
@caerpoco · X

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial | Circulation https://t.co/MDTjHuLblV

Apr 14, 2024 · 123 followers View post →
Cardiology Papers
@Cardiology_P · X

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial https://t.co/JAbm1zWseE

Apr 11, 2024 · 60 followers View post →
Jon Allsop
@Big_jonny · X

RT @Ekkekakis: $3.5M trial with > 1,000 participants examines the effects of "gamification" (without assessing affect or enjoyment), financ…

Apr 11, 2024 · 4 shares · 103 followers View post →
Esteban Jódar Gimeno
@estebanjodar · X

RT @kamleshkhunti: RCT to improve physical activity Behaviourally gamification with financial incentive increased physical activity Data…

Apr 10, 2024 · 3 shares · 4,520 followers View post →
Rob Lyon
@Psychops · X

RT @Ekkekakis: $3.5M trial with > 1,000 participants examines the effects of "gamification" (without assessing affect or enjoyment), financ…

Apr 10, 2024 · 4 shares · 662 followers View post →
Patrick English
@Paddy_English · X

RT @kamleshkhunti: RCT to improve physical activity Behaviourally gamification with financial incentive increased physical activity Data…

Apr 10, 2024 · 3 shares · 1,519 followers View post →
Prof Kamlesh Khunti
@kamleshkhunti · X

RCT to improve physical activity Behaviourally gamification with financial incentive increased physical activity Data only upto 12 months https://t.co/gkjm5bcr4d https://t.co/v8m7bTfckG

Apr 10, 2024 · 12 likes · 3 shares · 24,469 followers View post →
Fredrik Weibull
@FredrikWeibull · X

RT @Ekkekakis: $3.5M trial with > 1,000 participants examines the effects of "gamification" (without assessing affect or enjoyment), financ…

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Robb!e
@RobbieG_PhD · X

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial. https://t.co/2GGNDHRqa8

Apr 9, 2024 · 179 followers View post →
Brady Holmer
@B_Holmer · X

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial | Circulation https://t.co/1NYVqLV4FY

Apr 9, 2024 · 3 likes · 26,199 followers View post →
Brady Holmer
@B_Holmer · X

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial | Circulation https://t.co/1NYVqLV4FY

Apr 9, 2024 · 26,199 followers View post →
Brady Holmer
@B_Holmer · X

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial | Circulation https://t.co/1NYVqLV4FY

Apr 9, 2024 · 26,199 followers View post →
Brady Holmer
@B_Holmer · X

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial | Circulation https://t.co/1NYVqLV4FY

Apr 9, 2024 · 26,199 followers View post →
Brady Holmer
@B_Holmer · X

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial | Circulation https://t.co/1NYVqLV4FY

Apr 9, 2024 · 26,199 followers View post →
Brady Holmer
@B_Holmer · X

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial | Circulation https://t.co/1NYVqLV4FY

Apr 9, 2024 · 26,199 followers View post →
Panteleimon ("Paddy") Ekkekakis
@Ekkekakis · X

$3.5M trial with > 1,000 participants examines the effects of "gamification" (without assessing affect or enjoyment), financial incentives, and their combination, on physical activity. Without any input from or reference to exercise psychology research. https://t.co/Tm0EoLPtwH https://t.co/TKUyFCFZ7w

Apr 9, 2024 · 29 likes · 4 shares · 5,933 followers View post →
Burton Lee
@burtonlee · X

RT @NeuroscienceNew: “Effects of gamification, financial incentives, or both to increase physical activity among patients at high risk of c…

Apr 8, 2024 · 3 shares · 5,579 followers View post →
Nathalia Le Hen
@NathaliaLeHen · X

RT @NeuroscienceNew: “Effects of gamification, financial incentives, or both to increase physical activity among patients at high risk of c…

Apr 8, 2024 · 3 shares · 2,739 followers View post →
Michael Nanna
@MichaelGNanna · X

RT @jaygirimd: Superstar physician scientist @ACFanaroff shows us how to best get our patients moving with his late breaking presentation o…

Apr 8, 2024 · 6 shares · 1,890 followers View post →
Neuroscience News
@NeuroscienceNew · X

“Effects of gamification, financial incentives, or both to increase physical activity among patients at high risk of cardiovascular events: The BE ACTIVE randomized controlled trial” by Fanaroff AC et al. Circulation https://t.co/4iIu97RYdA 3/3

Apr 8, 2024 · 7 likes · 3 shares · 505,541 followers View post →
Penn Cardiology
@PennCardiology · X

RT @jaygirimd: Superstar physician scientist @ACFanaroff shows us how to best get our patients moving with his late breaking presentation o…

Apr 8, 2024 · 6 shares · 2,882 followers View post →
Chidambara .ML.
@chidambara09 · X

RT @JerremyWeerts:

Apr 8, 2024 · 1 share · 11,713 followers View post →
Jerremy Weerts, MD
@JerremyWeerts · X

Apr 8, 2024 · 1 share · 300 followers View post →
Professor Erwin Loh
@erwinloh · X

Adults with #heartdisease risks who received daily #reminders or #incentives to become more active increased their daily steps by more than 1,500 after a year, and many were still sticking with their new habit six months later. https://t.co/Q9ZhGFrDJw https://t.co/pDtqbH7XNM

Apr 8, 2024 · 1 like · 10,236 followers View post →
Sophie Duméry Vive l'école !
@SophDum · X

Faut-il s'en réjouir ? L'association du #jeu et de l'#argent se révèle la plus efficace pour augmenter l'#ActivitéPhysique des patients à risque cardiovasculaire. Ô tempora, ô mores… (depuis des millénaires) https://t.co/BePF1ZivJS

Apr 8, 2024 · 1,294 followers View post →
Matt Jones
@Mattjones0203 · X

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial | Circulation https://t.co/V2nJeDNP5j

Apr 8, 2024 · 3 likes · 1,272 followers View post →
Chidambara .ML.
@chidambara09 · X

RT @hoangnhat_pham: #ACC24 Day 2 Late Breakers @ACCinTouch #CardioTwitter 1. BE ACTIVE Gamification, incentives, & their combination ⬆️phy…

Apr 8, 2024 · 2 shares · 11,713 followers View post →
Enkhtsogt Sainbayar
@EnkhtsogtS · X

RT @hoangnhat_pham: #ACC24 Day 2 Late Breakers @ACCinTouch #CardioTwitter 1. BE ACTIVE Gamification, incentives, & their combination ⬆️phy…

Apr 7, 2024 · 2 shares · 13 followers View post →
Hoang Nhat Pham
@hoangnhat_pham · X

#ACC24 Day 2 Late Breakers @ACCinTouch #CardioTwitter 1. BE ACTIVE Gamification, incentives, & their combination ⬆️physical activity compared to control over 12m of intervention, sustained even over 6m f/u, with largest effect in gamification+incentives. https://t.co/XJgA0uS7co https://t.co/z2xVGunHO0

Apr 7, 2024 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 179 followers View post →
Zahra Azizi, MD, MSc
@ZahraaziziMD · X

RT @CMichaelGibson: What’s the effect of gamification, financial incentives, or both to increase physical activity in pts with high CV risk…

Apr 7, 2024 · 3 shares · 1,024 followers View post →
Hillary Johnston-Cox, MD, PhD
@hjcox_pvd · X

RT @jaygirimd: Superstar physician scientist @ACFanaroff shows us how to best get our patients moving with his late breaking presentation o…

Apr 7, 2024 · 6 shares · 588 followers View post →
Tai Kobayashi
@TaiKobayashiMD · X

RT @jaygirimd: Superstar physician scientist @ACFanaroff shows us how to best get our patients moving with his late breaking presentation o…

Apr 7, 2024 · 6 shares · 723 followers View post →
Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP
@rkwadhera · X

RT @jaygirimd: Superstar physician scientist @ACFanaroff shows us how to best get our patients moving with his late breaking presentation o…

Apr 7, 2024 · 6 shares · 5,115 followers View post →
Mitesh Patel
@miteshspatel · X

RT @jaygirimd: Superstar physician scientist @ACFanaroff shows us how to best get our patients moving with his late breaking presentation o…

Apr 7, 2024 · 6 shares · 2,647 followers View post →
Jay Giri
@jaygirimd · X

Superstar physician scientist @ACFanaroff shows us how to best get our patients moving with his late breaking presentation of the BE ACTIVE RCT! Now published in Circulation: https://t.co/BZb6X2D9uM https://t.co/GOCIPHDtAs

Apr 7, 2024 · 36 likes · 6 shares · 4,067 followers View post →
Dr. Dhruv Kumar
@Dhruvarti · X

"Happy World Health Day: Regular exercise and physical activity can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer" https://t.co/cK8eyVse3O https://t.co/rEaONFyvAn #WorldHealthDay2024 #cancerawareness #cancerprevention #exercise #cardiovascular #heartattackprevention #UPES

Apr 7, 2024 · 1 like · 171 followers View post →
Mitesh Patel
@miteshspatel · X

RT @CircAHA: #CircACC24 #Simpub In the BE ACTIVE #RCT, gamification and loss-based financial incentives increased physical activity in high…

Apr 7, 2024 · 1 share · 2,647 followers View post →
Ahmed Bennis MD
@drbennisahmed · X

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial interventions could be a useful component of strategies to reduce CV https://t.co/SKgVZjEfq7 https://t.co/YR1oP3PvKD

Apr 7, 2024 · 2,653 followers View post →
Bella DY
@ednadesenzi · X

RT @CMichaelGibson: What’s the effect of gamification, financial incentives, or both to increase physical activity in pts with high CV risk…

Apr 7, 2024 · 3 shares · 50,457 followers View post →
John P Erwin III MD MBA MACC (#BigPoppy )
@HeartOTXHeartMD · X

RT @CMichaelGibson: What’s the effect of gamification, financial incentives, or both to increase physical activity in pts with high CV risk…

Apr 7, 2024 · 3 shares · 39,663 followers View post →
C. Michael Gibson MD
@CMichaelGibson · X

What’s the effect of gamification, financial incentives, or both to increase physical activity in pts with high CV risk. Download the BE ACTIVE trial slides here: https://t.co/zLTuYk8Uyv https://t.co/vt23Qs1tmy

Apr 7, 2024 · 11 likes · 3 shares · 432,070 followers View post →
Circulation
@CircAHA · X

#CircACC24 #Simpub In the BE ACTIVE #RCT, gamification and loss-based financial incentives increased physical activity in high CV risk participants #AHAJournals @neelchokshi @tklaiman @ACFanaroff https://t.co/D1vRyAvVHZ https://t.co/kkgUdOsVfB

Apr 7, 2024 · 2 likes · 1 share · 77,359 followers View post →