Cost-effectiveness of physical activity interventions in adolescents: model development and illustration using two exemplar interventions.
Publication Date
2019-08-18Journal Title
BMJ open
ISSN
2044-6055
Publisher
BMJ Journals
Volume
9
Issue
8
Pages
e027566
Language
eng
Type
Article
This Version
AM
Physical Medium
Electronic
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Gc, V. S., Suhrcke, M., Atkin, A. J., Van Sluijs, E., & Turner, D. (2019). Cost-effectiveness of physical activity interventions in adolescents: model development and illustration using two exemplar interventions.. BMJ open, 9 (8), e027566. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027566
Abstract
Abstract
Objective: To develop a model to assess the long-term costs and health outcomes of physical activity interventions targeting adolescents.
Design: A Markov cohort simulation model was constructed with the intention of being capable of estimating long-term costs and health impacts of changes in activity levels during adolescence. The model parameters were informed by published literature and the analysis took a National Health Service perspective over a lifetime horizon. Univariate and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were undertaken.
Setting: School and community
Participants: A hypothetical cohort of adolescents aged 16 years at baseline.
Interventions: Two exemplar school-based: a comparatively simple, after-school intervention and a more complex multi-component intervention compared to usual care.
Primary and secondary outcome measures: Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio as measured by cost per quality-adjusted life year gained.
Results: The model gave plausible estimates of the long-term effect of changes in physical activity. The use of two exemplar interventions suggests that the model could potentially be used to evaluate a number of different physical activity interventions in adolescents. The key model driver was the degree to which intervention effects were maintained over time.
Conclusions: The model developed here has the potential to assess long-term value for money of physical activity interventions in adolescents. The two applications of the model indicate that complex interventions may not necessarily be the ones considered the most cost-effective when longer-term costs and consequences are taken into account.
Keywords
Humans, Exercise, Markov Chains, Program Evaluation, Quality of Life, Schools, Adolescent, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Primary Health Care, Female, Male
Sponsorship
This report is an independent research commissioned and funded by the Department of Health Policy Research Programme (opportunities within the school environment to shift the distribution of activity intensity in adolescents, PR-R5-0213-25001). The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the Department of Health. This work was also supported by the Medical Research Council (unit programme number: MC_UU_12015/7). The work was undertaken under the auspices of the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence which is funded by the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, the National Institute for Health Research, and the Wellcome Trust (MR/K023187/1).
Funder references
MRC (MC_UU_12015/7)
MRC (MR/K023187/1)
Department of Health (via National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)) (PR-R5-0213-25001)
Embargo Lift Date
2022-07-03
Identifiers
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027566
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/294348
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