The cost-effectiveness of an online intervention to prevent dementia: Results from the Maintain Your Brain (MYB) randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Maintain Your Brain (MYB) randomised controlled trial (RCT) examined the effect of a multi-domain internet-based dementia prevention program against a control group (information only).

Objectives

A cost-effective analysis (CEA) quantified the differences in costs (direct healthcare and program costs) and effectiveness outcomes between the intervention and control groups from a healthcare sector perspective.

Design

An economic evaluation was conducted alongside the MYB RCT over three years.

Setting

Australians aged 55-77 years with at least 2 identified remediable risk factors for cognitive decline/dementia recruited from communities in New South Wales.

Participants

There were 3,025 participants in the intervention group and 3,033 in the co

SUBMITTER: Welberry HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12434251 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature