Cost-effectiveness of internet-delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy for adolescents with irritable bowel syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether exposure-based internet-delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy (internet-CBT) is a cost-effective treatment for adolescents with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) compared with a waitlist control, from a societal perspective, based on data from a randomised trial.

Design

Within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis.

Setting

Participants were recruited from the whole of Sweden via primary, secondary and tertiary care clinics reached through news media and advertising.

Participants

Adolescents (aged 13-17) with a diagnosis of IBS.

Interventions

Participants were randomised to either an exposure-based internet-CBT, including 10 weekly modules for adolescents and five modules for parents, or a waitlist.

Outcome measures

The main

SUBMITTER: Sampaio F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6347900 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature