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PMID: 20879909 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This study evaluated the impact of The Prevention Plan™ on employee health risks after 1 year of integrated primary prevention (wellness and health promotion) and secondary prevention (biometric and lab screening as well as early detection) interventions. The Prevention Plan is an innovative prevention benefit that provides members with the high-tech/high-touch support and encouragement they need to adopt healthy behaviors. Support services include 24/7 nurse hotlines, one-on-one health coaching, contests, group events, and employer incentives. Specifically, we analyzed changes in 15 health risk measures among a cohort of 2606 employees from multiple employer groups who completed a baseline health risk appraisal, blood tests, and biometric screening in 2008 and who were reassessed in 2009. We then compared the data to the Edington Natural Flow of risks. The cohort showed significant reduction in 10 of the health risks measured (9 at P≤ 0.01 and 1 at P≤0.05). The most noticeable changes in health risks were a reduction in the proportion of employees with high-risk blood pressure (42.78%), high-risk fasting blood sugar (31.13%), and high-risk stress (24.94%). There was an overall health risk transition among the cohort with net movement from higher risk levels to lower risk levels (P<0.01). There was a net increase of 9.40% of people in the low-risk category, a decrease of 3.61% in the moderate-risk category, and a 5.79% decrease in the high-risk category. Compared to Edington's Natural Flow model, 48.70% of individuals in the high-risk category moved from high risk to moderate risk (Natural Flow 31%), 46.35% moved from moderate risk to low risk (Natural Flow 35%), 15.65% moved from high risk to low risk (Natural Flow 6%), and 87.33% remained in the low-risk category (Natural Flow 70%) (P<0.001). |
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Authors:
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Ronald Loeppke; Dee W Edington; Sami Bég |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Population health management Volume: 13 ISSN: 1942-7905 ISO Abbreviation: Popul Health Manag Publication Date: 2010 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-09-30 Completed Date: 2011-03-07 Revised Date: 2013-05-27 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101481266 Medline TA: Popul Health Manag Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 275-84 Citation Subset: IM |
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U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc. , Brentwood, TN 37027, USA. rloeppke.md@uspreventivemedicine.com |
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Adult Cohort Studies Female Health Behavior* Health Care Costs Health Policy* Health Promotion / organization & administration* Humans Life Style Male Middle Aged Preventive Medicine* Program Evaluation* Questionnaires Risk Assessment Risk Reduction Behavior* United States |
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Popul Health Manag. 2011 Oct;14(5):265
[PMID:
21988348
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Popul Health Manag. 2012 Jun;15(3):188 [PMID: 22731850 ] |
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