Table 4.
Staff and patients' costs (£) patient for among 112 schizophrenic patients randomised to health education sessions given by computer, by a community psychiatric nurse, or by a combination
| Costs | Intervention
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Combination | Nurse | |
| Intention to treat analysis | n=56 | n=28 | n=28 |
| Staff costs: | |||
| Time | 124.75 | 131.25 | 99.50 |
| Travel | 13.62 | 8.58 | 8.46 |
| Total | 138.37 | 139.83 | 107.96 |
| Patients' costs: | |||
| Time | 11.87-29.67 | 14.07-35.17 | 11.10-27.75 |
| Travel | 2.38 | 3.02 | 0.90 |
| Total | 14.25-32.05 | 17.09-38.19 | 12.00-28.65 |
| Patients completing intervention | n=34 | n=20 | n=13 |
| Staff costs: | |||
| Time | 187.25 | 183.75 | 184.74 |
| Travel | 19.35 | 10.43 | 14.01 |
| Total | 206.60 | 194.18 | 198.75 |
| Patients' costs: | |||
| Time | 18.55-46.36 | 19.70-49.24 | 20.05-50.13 |
| Travel | 3.71 | 4.22 | 1.38 |
| Total | 22.26-50.07 | 23.92-53.46 | 21.43-51.51 |