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Engagement in health and wellness: An online incentive-based program

Increasingly, corporate health promotion programs are implementing wellness programs integrating principles of behavioral economics. Employees of a large firm were provided a customized online incentive program to design their own commitments to meet health goals. This study examines patterns of pro...

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Autores principales: Gibson, Teresa B., Maclean, J. Ross, Carls, Ginger S., Moore, Brian J., Ehrlich, Emily D., Fener, Victoria, Goldberg, Jordan, Mechanic, Elaine, Baigel, Colin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28626625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.05.013
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author Gibson, Teresa B.
Maclean, J. Ross
Carls, Ginger S.
Moore, Brian J.
Ehrlich, Emily D.
Fener, Victoria
Goldberg, Jordan
Mechanic, Elaine
Baigel, Colin
author_facet Gibson, Teresa B.
Maclean, J. Ross
Carls, Ginger S.
Moore, Brian J.
Ehrlich, Emily D.
Fener, Victoria
Goldberg, Jordan
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Baigel, Colin
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description Increasingly, corporate health promotion programs are implementing wellness programs integrating principles of behavioral economics. Employees of a large firm were provided a customized online incentive program to design their own commitments to meet health goals. This study examines patterns of program participation and engagement in health promotion activities. Subjects were US-based employees of a large, nondurable goods manufacturing firm who were enrolled in corporate health benefits in 2010 and 2011. We assessed measures of engagement with the workplace health promotion program (e.g., incentive points earned, weight loss). To further examine behaviors indicating engagement in health promotion activities, we constructed an aggregate, employee-level engagement index. Regression models were employed to assess the association between employee characteristics and the engagement index, and the engagement index and spending. 4220 employees utilized the online program and made 25,716 commitments. Male employees age 18–34 had the highest level of engagement, and male employees age 55–64 had the lowest level of engagement overall. Prior year health status and prior year spending did not show a significant association with the level of engagement with the program (p > 0.05). Flexible, incentive-based behavioral health and lifestyle programs may reach the broader workforce including those with chronic conditions and higher levels of health spending.
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spelling pubmed-54665792017-06-16 Engagement in health and wellness: An online incentive-based program Gibson, Teresa B. Maclean, J. Ross Carls, Ginger S. Moore, Brian J. Ehrlich, Emily D. Fener, Victoria Goldberg, Jordan Mechanic, Elaine Baigel, Colin Prev Med Rep Regular Article Increasingly, corporate health promotion programs are implementing wellness programs integrating principles of behavioral economics. Employees of a large firm were provided a customized online incentive program to design their own commitments to meet health goals. This study examines patterns of program participation and engagement in health promotion activities. Subjects were US-based employees of a large, nondurable goods manufacturing firm who were enrolled in corporate health benefits in 2010 and 2011. We assessed measures of engagement with the workplace health promotion program (e.g., incentive points earned, weight loss). To further examine behaviors indicating engagement in health promotion activities, we constructed an aggregate, employee-level engagement index. Regression models were employed to assess the association between employee characteristics and the engagement index, and the engagement index and spending. 4220 employees utilized the online program and made 25,716 commitments. Male employees age 18–34 had the highest level of engagement, and male employees age 55–64 had the lowest level of engagement overall. Prior year health status and prior year spending did not show a significant association with the level of engagement with the program (p > 0.05). Flexible, incentive-based behavioral health and lifestyle programs may reach the broader workforce including those with chronic conditions and higher levels of health spending. Elsevier 2017-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5466579/ /pubmed/28626625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.05.013 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Baigel, Colin
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28626625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.05.013
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