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- Title
Willingness to pay for continued delivery of a lifestyle-based weight loss program: The Hopkins POWER trial.
- Authors
Jerome, Gerald J.; Alavi, Reza; Daumit, Gail L.; Wang, Nae‐Yuh; Durkin, Nowella; Yeh, Hsin‐Chieh; Clark, Jeanne M.; Dalcin, Arlene; Coughlin, Janelle W.; Charleston, Jeanne; Louis, Thomas A.; Appel, Lawrence J.
- Abstract
Objective In behavioral studies of weight loss programs, participants typically receive interventions free of charge. Understanding an individual's willingness to pay (WTP) for weight loss programs could be helpful when evaluating potential funding models. This study assessed WTP for the continuation of a weight loss program at the end of a weight loss study. Methods WTP was assessed with monthly coaching contacts at the end of the two-year Hopkins POWER trial. Interview-administered questionnaires determined the amount participants were willing to pay for continued intervention. Estimated maximum payment was calculated among those willing to pay and was based on quantile regression adjusted for age, body mass index, race, sex, household income, treatment condition, and weight change at 24 months. Results Among the participants ( N = 234), 95% were willing to pay for continued weight loss intervention; the adjusted median payment was $45 per month. Blacks had a higher adjusted median WTP ($65/month) compared to Non-Blacks ($45/month), P = 0.021. Conclusions A majority of participants were willing to pay for a continued weight loss intervention with a median monthly amount that was similar to the cost of commercial weight loss programs.
- Subjects
WEIGHT loss; LIFESTYLES &; health; WILLINGNESS to pay; QUANTILE regression; BODY mass index
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2015, Vol 23, Issue 2, p282
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/oby.20981