The AIA Vitality Program in Australia: Assessing the association between engagement activities and changes in health outcomes
Frances Wu
Bok Engelsk 2023
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| Utgitt | RAND Corporation , 2023
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| Opplysninger | Low levels of physical activity are associated with poorer cardiometabolic health outcomes, such as high blood glucose, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and obesity, and poor mental health outcomes, including depression and anxiety. Therefore, encouraging people to engage in higher levels of physical activity is likely to result in improvements in both their physical and mental health. The AIA Vitality Program is a tailored health and wellbeing behavioural change program that aims to support insurance product members to make healthier choices through the use of financial incentives. We conducted an observational study using longitudinal data collected by AIA Vitality on its AIA Vitality members (September 2013 – July 2022) to explore the impacts of different types of physical activity and wellbeing engagement on health outcomes, with a particular focus on body-mass index (BMI) and mental health as measured by the Kessler Psychological Distress 10-item Scale (K10). We also conducted secondary analysis exploring the relationship between physical activity and wellbeing engagement and cardiometabolic risk markers (total cholesterol, blood pressure and random blood glucose levels).
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