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- Title
Trends in Biometric Health Indices Within an Employer-Sponsored Wellness Program With Outcome-Based Incentives.
- Authors
Lin Fu, Patricia; Bradley, Kent L.; Viswanathan, Sheila; Chan, June M.; Stampfer, Meir; Fu, Patricia Lin
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>To evaluate changes in employees' biometrics over time relative to outcome-based incentive thresholds.<bold>Design: </bold>Retrospective cohort analysis of biometric screening participants (n = 26 388).<bold>Setting: </bold>Large employer primarily in Western United States.<bold>Participants: </bold>Office, retail, and distribution workforce.<bold>Intervention: </bold>A voluntary outcome-based biometric screening program, incentivized with health insurance premium discounts.<bold>Measures: </bold>Body mass index (BMI), cholesterol, blood glucose, blood pressure, and nicotine.<bold>Analysis: </bold>Followed were participants from their first year of participation, evaluating changes in measures.<bold>Results: </bold>On average, participants who did not meet the incentive threshold at baseline decreased their BMI (1%), glucose (8%), blood pressure (systolic 9%, diastolic 8%), and total cholesterol (8%) by year 2 with improvements generally sustained or continued during each additional year of participation.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>On average, individuals at high health risk who participated in a financially incentivized biometric assessment program improved their health indices over time. Further research is needed to understand key determinants that drive health improvement indicated here.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BIOMETRIC identification; HEALTH status indicators; EMPLOYEE health promotion; HEALTH risk assessment; EMPLOYER-sponsored health insurance; LABOR incentives; BODY mass index; BIOMETRY; BLOOD pressure; BLOOD sugar; CHOLESTEROL; HEALTH behavior; HEALTH promotion; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; MOTIVATION (Psychology); NICOTINE; WORK environment; RETROSPECTIVE studies; EVALUATION of human services programs
- Publication
American Journal of Health Promotion, 2016, Vol 30, Issue 6, p453
- ISSN
0890-1171
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/0890117116658241