Table 6.
Costs (RMBa/US $b) of the 3 groups after 6-week treatment.
| Type of cost | CBGTc group (n=28) | ICBTd group (n=32) | TAUe group (n=33) | Between-group comparisonf | |||||||
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Total cost | Mean (95% CI) | Total cost | Mean (95% CI) | Total cost | Mean (95% CI) | F2,90 value | P value | |||
| Total cost | 186,997.00/28,290.02 | 6678.45 (4460.88-8896.01)/1010.36 (678.87-1345.84) | 105,882.00/16,018.46 | 3308.81 (2476.89-4140.73)/500.58 (374.72-626.43) | 74,567.00/11,280.94 | 2259.61 (2074.16-2445.05)/341.85 (313.79-369.90) | 13.45 | <.001 | |||
| Direct cost | 124,844.00/18,887.14 | 4458.70 (3639.37-5278.03)/674.54 (550.59-798.49) | 73,701.00/11,149.92 | 2303.16 (1717.54-2888.77)/348.44 (259.84-437.03) | 50,246.00/7601.51 | 1522.61 (1382.19-1663.03)/230.35 (209.11-251.59) | 29.80 | <.001 | |||
| Indirect cost | 62,153.00/9,402.87 | 2219.75 (673.77-3765.83)/335.82 (101.93-569.72) | 32,181.00/4868.53 | 1005.66 (635.49-1375.73)/152.14 (96.14-208.13) | 24,321.00/3679.43 | 737.00 (632.77-841.06)/111.50 (95.73-127.24) | 3.57 | .03 | |||
aRMB: renminbi.
bThe average exchange rate was US $1.00=RMB 6.61 for 2018.
cCBGT: cognitive behavioral group therapy.
dICBT: internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy.
eTAU: treatment as usual.
fThe F and P values are the results of between-group comparisons of costs using 1-way ANOVA among the 3 groups.