Cost-effectiveness of Practice Team-Supported Exposure Training for Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia in Primary Care: a Cluster-Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care is the main treatment setting for panic disorder and should be supplemented by collaborative care programs. However, shortage of mental health professionals prevents collaborative care programs from being effectively implemented. The PARADISE study showed the efficacy of a self-managed, cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT)-oriented exposure training for patients with panic disorder with or without agoraphobia in primary care delivered by the family practice team.

Objective

To assess the cost-effectiveness of the PARADISE intervention.

Design

Cost-effectiveness analysis from the societal perspective based on data from a cluster-randomized controlled trial over a time horizon of 12 months.

Participants

Four hundred nineteen adult panic diso

SUBMITTER: Brettschneider C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7174430 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature