Initiation and Maintenance of Fitness Center Utilization in an Incentive-Based Employer Wellness Program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the initiation and maintenance of participation in an employer-based wellness program that provides financial incentives for fitness center utilization.

Methods

Using multivariate analysis, we investigated how employees' demographics, health status, exercise-related factors, and lifestyle change preferences affect program participation.

Results

Forty-two percent of eligible employees participated in the program, and 24% earned a $20 incentive at least once by utilizing a gym eight times or more in a month. On average, participants utilized fitness centers 7.0 months each year and earned credit 4.5 months. Participants' utilization diminished after their first year in the program.

Conclusions

Factors associated with initiation and mainte

SUBMITTER: Abraham JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4562030 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature