Two-year results of a randomized controlled trial of a health promotion program in a retiree population: The Bank of America study

Fries, James F.; Blöch, D.; Harrington, Harry; Richardson, Nancy; Beck, R.N.

doi:10.1016/0002-9343(93)90078-4

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“…24 The Bank of America retiree health promotion study was conducted without the involvement of healthcare providers. Participants completed health risk assessments and then received, or did not receive, personalized recommendation letters and general self-management 25,26 Participants in the intervention group had improved health risk scores and lower healthcare costs than the control group. Outside of the health care setting, technology-based interventions have shown promise as well, including decreasing problem drinking and gambling.…”

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A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of the Functional Assessment Screening Tablet to Engage Patients at the Point of Care

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A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of the Functional Assessment Screening Tablet to Engage Patients at the Point of Care

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“…Very little research is available on whether or not such health promotion activities, as part of a retirement package, can produce health behaviour changes. The only randomised controlled trial that has been found showed that Bank of America retirees who participated in a 12-month comprehensive, self-help health promotion programme delivered through the mail showed positive health-habit changes and reduced medical fees in comparison with a control group who received no additional support on retirement (Fries et al 1993). Future research should address the effectiveness of various ways of promoting physical activity and the associated behaviour change on retirement.…”

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The impact of retirement on physical activity

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Most adults do not achieve the levels of physical activity currently recommended for a healthy lifestyle. Population surveys suggest that there is a linear decline of activity levels with age, yet physical activity has many health benefits for older adults. If these are to be more widely adopted among older people, health policy and promotion require an understanding of the factors that influence decreasing activity with age. This study examined the patterns of physical activity of 699 participants in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study who were aged 60 years when interviewed in 1991 and followed up four to five years later. It examined the factors that influenced whether or not the subjects achieved currently recommended levels of activity, by applying random effects models with a seasonal adjustment. It was found that higher levels of physical activity associated with a healthier lifestyle, and that socio-economic factors played a minor role in determining the level of physical activity. A substantial amount of physical activity occurred at work but was lost by those who had retired, for while those who were not working were more physically active at home or at leisure than those in work, the majority of the sample did too little physical activity outside work to compensate for the loss of work-based activity. One conclusion is that health promotion initiatives that encourage people to become more physically active should be targeted at those who are about to retire.

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“…This lack of evidence may be reflected in the reluctance of doctors to advise elderly people to quit cigarette smoking. Until this evidence is available, and as older adults are more likely to respond favourably to health education programmes [10,11], doctors should advise all cigarette smokers of the potential hazards of continuing to smoke and the benefits of smoking cessation, regardless of age.…”

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Short report. Do patient age and medical condition influence medical advice to stop smoking?

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et al. 2000

Age and Ageing

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Objective: to determine whether the age and medical condition of a patient influences hospital-based doctors' decision making when advising patients to stop smoking cigarettes. Methods: we presented 142 doctors from four grades (consultant, registrar, senior house officer and house officer) and four specialities (medicine, surgery, psychiatry and anaesthetics), based in a Dublin teaching hospital, with 20 clinical vignettes. Each vignette described a patient from one of five age groups with one of four levels of health. The vignettes were randomly mixed. We asked doctors to say whether they would advise the patient in each case to quit smoking. Results: hospital-based doctors are significantly less likely to advise patients aged over 65 years than younger patients of the hazards of cigarette smoking, irrespective of the person's physical or mental health (P < 0.001). Conclusion: the advice given to patients about their cigarette smoking habits by hospital doctors is strongly influenced not only by the patient's health, but also by the patient's chronological age.

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Two-year results of a randomized controlled trial of a health promotion program in a retiree population: The Bank of America study

Cited by 114 publications

References 15 publications

A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of the Functional Assessment Screening Tablet to Engage Patients at the Point of Care

A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of the Functional Assessment Screening Tablet to Engage Patients at the Point of Care

The impact of retirement on physical activity

Short report. Do patient age and medical condition influence medical advice to stop smoking?

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