How much does it cost to implement a community-based walking football programme for patients with type 2 diabetes?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The current study analysed the implementation costs of a community-based walking football exercise programme for patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

The direct costs of a community-based walking football programme for middle-aged and older male patients with type 2 diabetes, designed and tested in Porto (Portugal), were calculated from the payer's perspective. One season of this programme consists of three sessions per week (60 min per session) for nine months (October to June). Cost calculations were based on two groups of 20 patients and included the sports infrastructure and equipment, human resources, pre-exercise clinical evaluation, medical equipment, technical training and other consumable costs. An economic depreciation of 1 year using the linear method

SUBMITTER: Barbosa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10254688 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature