Cost-effectiveness of lifestyle modification in diabetic patients.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE To explore the potential long-term health and economic consequences of lifestyle interventions for diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A literature search was performed to identify interventions for diabetic patients in which lifestyle issues were addressed. We selected recent (2003-2008), randomized controlled trials with a minimum follow-up of 12 months. The long-term outcomes for these interventions, if implemented in the Dutch diabetic population, were simulated with a computer-based model. Costs and effects were discounted at, respectively, 4 and 1.5% annually. A lifelong time horizon was applied. Probabilistic sensitivity analyses were performed, taking account of variability in intervention costs and (long-term) treatment effects. RESULTS Seven trials with 147-5

SUBMITTER: Jacobs-van der Bruggen MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2713648 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature