Cost-effectiveness of custom-made insoles versus usual care in patients with plantar heel pain in primary care: cost-effectiveness analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of custom-made insoles compared with general practitioner (GP)-led usual care after 26 weeks of follow-up in individuals with plantar heel pain (PHP) from a societal perspective.

Design

Cost-effectiveness analysis of a double-blinded randomised controlled trial.

Setting

General practice in the Netherlands.

Participants

116 participants with PHP for at least 2 weeks, aged 18-65 years and presenting to the GP.

Interventions

Participants were randomised to GP-led usual care (n=46) or referral to a podiatrist for treatment with a custom-made insole (n=70). Participant randomised to a sham insole (n=69) were excluded from this analysis.

Primary and secondary outcomes

Outcomes comprised pain during rest and

SUBMITTER: Rasenberg N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8572391 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature