Smart Continence Care for People With Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities Within Dutch Residential Care Facilities: Economic Evaluation Alongside a Cluster Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities in residential care facilities may benefit from smart continence care (SCC), which is incontinence material (IM) with integrated sensors that notify caregivers when the IM is saturated and requires changing. SCC aims to reduce weekly leakages and improve the quality of life.

Objective

Given the growing demand for health care services and the decreasing workforce, it is essential to assess the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of such technologies.

Methods

This economic evaluation was conducted alongside a cluster randomized trial across 6 care organizations in the Netherlands. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was expressed as the additional societal costs of SCC in relation to a r

SUBMITTER: van Cooten VJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12552815 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature