Mitesh Patel
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112 appearances
2 recordings
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first heard Apr 2016
last heard Dec 2016
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Now there are the quote unquote quantified selfers or people that are very motivated and engaged in their health already.
And those individuals tend to be able to take this data and and literally run with it.
Whereas the people who have chronic conditions or obese or diabetes, those folks, giving a device is often not enough.
And we really think that we need to pair these technologies with effective behavior change strategies if we want to help people improve their health.
Indeed,
And when it comes to sustainability, you know, the challenge is you're taking an individual who's raised their hand and said, I have a problem changing my behavior.
I'm gonna go out and get a wearable device.
And then you're not only asking them to change that behavior, be more physically active, lose weight, take their medicines, quit smoking, whatever it might be, but you're also asking them to do a variety of other tasks, like remember to wear the device every day.
Many of these devices require charging on a daily or every other day basis.
And then in order to do anything with the data, you often have to sync it to your smartphone or a computer.
And it turns out that these small steps really add up to high hurdles.
It's really the motivation that makes the difference.
You know, if you've got that kind of motivation with or without a device, you're likely to be more successful than someone who doesn't have the motivation.
Now that device can help you on the path towards achieving your goals, but the key is how do we give the devices to people, help them sustain their use, you know, make sure that they're accurate in in tracking what they say they track.
but then find a way to hone in on that motivation.
Our group has been conducting randomized clinical trials to test different ways to design financial and social incentives to see how we can harness that intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to change people's behavior.
In the gain arm, they were told every day you reach your step goal, which was 7,000 steps, you'd earn a dollar forty.
There was a lottery arm where you win a lottery you could win five or fifty dollars and mathematically it averaged out to about a dollar forty.
And then there was a loss framing arm where individuals were told forty-two dollars has been placed in a virtual account with your name on it.
Every day you don't achieve the goal, we'll take a dollar forty away.
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