Preferences of financial incentives by non-exercise group before participating health promotion -Verification through a large-scale demonstration in six municipalities -

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.