Preferences of financial incentives by non-exercise group before participating health promotion -Verification through a large-scale demonstration in six municipalities -
- VernacularTitle:事業参加前に運動を行っていない地域住民が選好する金銭的インセンティブの種類 -インセンティブ付き健康づくり事業を実施する6自治体での検証-
- Author:
Shoko CHIJIKI
1
;
Kai TANABE
2
;
Akiko TSUKAO
3
;
Shinya KUNO
4
Author Information
- Keywords: incentive; exercise; local government-led; program participation
- From:Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine 2023;72(2):153-159
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: This study collected the questionnaire from the new participants who are middle-aged and elderly people in project of incentives led by local governments. This study focuses on the exercise group and non-exercise groups proportion of pefered incentives and the correlation of perfered incentives in these two groups. This study analyzed 9,590 middle-aged and elderly people who participated in a health promotion project with incentives and answered a questionnaire during the period of participation. The incentives were included 4 types: (1.) regional gift cards; (2.) national gift cards; (3.) rewards points that could be used at department stores and convenience stores nationwide, and (4.) donations. The result shows that both non-exercise and exercise groups preferred financial incentives over non-financial incentives. By type of monetary incentive, non-exercise group were more likely to prefer national gift certificates 1.39 times (OR: 1.39, 95%CI: 1.03-1.89); significantly more likely to prefer rewards point 1.44 times (OR: 1.44, 95%CI: 1.07-1.95) over non-monetary incentives compared to exercise group. Among the middle-aged and elderly people who participated in a health promotion program with incentives, the majority of two groups showed the preference that financial incentives over nonfinancial incentives. Comparing monetary incentives, both groups preferred local gift certificates than national gift certificates and rewards point.
