Economic evaluation of a rehabilitation program integrating exercise, self-management, and active coping strategies for chronic knee pain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To conduct an economic evaluation of the Enabling Self-Management and Coping with Arthritic Knee Pain through Exercise (ESCAPE-knee pain) program.

Methods

Alongside a clinical trial, we estimated the costs of usual primary care and participation in ESCAPE-knee pain delivered to individuals (Indiv-rehab) or groups of 8 participants (Grp-rehab). Information on resource use and informal care received was collected during face-to-face interviews. Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility were assessed from between-group differences in costs, function (primary clinical outcome), and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). Cost-effectiveness acceptability curves were constructed to represent uncertainty around cost-effectiveness.

Results

Rehabilitation (regardless of wheth

SUBMITTER: Hurley MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2675012 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature