Table 2.
Summary of intervention effectiveness, total cost, and CE ratio, median and range
| Type of intervention (#= 141) |
Costs / person | MET-hours gained / day / person |
C/E ratio as $ per MET- hour gained/person |
Annual Costs for 10,000 population reached |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point-of-decision Prompts |
$0.0025 ($0.001 –$1.34) |
0.0026 (0.007– 0.0142) |
0.07 (0.0022– 4.72) |
$58 ($58 – $13,441) |
| Community campaign (4 studies)a |
$0.14; $14.93; $0.46; 55.86 |
0.44; 0.01; 0.10; 0.48 |
0.009; 1.50; 0.01; 1.90 |
$1432, $74,655, $4563, $3,351,369 |
| Individually adapted behavior change (all) |
$55.27 ($0.25 – $422) |
0.50 (0.09–2.76) |
0.41 (0.01–7.25) |
$1,166,667 ($4970 – $10,938,000) |
| Low-intensity | $11.04 ($0.25–$274) |
0.50 (0.15–1.26) |
0.10 (0.01–5.95) |
$545,000 ($4970 –$6,632,903) |
| High-intensity | $64.80 ($1.69–$422) |
0.53 (0.09–2.76) |
0.84 (0.02–7.25) |
$1,452,089 ($142,204–10,938,000) |
| Social support (all) |
$107.15 ($5.25– $1,609) |
0.65 (0.05–2.89) |
1.14 (0.07–60.2) |
$2,520,000 ($317,581–16,932,192) |
| Low-intensity | $21 ($5.25–$167.90) |
0.77 (0.11–2.39) |
0.47 (0.07–5.17) |
$2,099,500 ($630,000–$5,648,275) |
| High-intensity | $153.49 ($10.72~$1609) |
0.65 (0.05–2.89) |
1.16 (0.13–0.22) |
$3,040,625 ($317,581–16,932,192) |
| School-based physical activity intervention |
$48.86 ($0.00 – $947) |
0.48 (0.06–1.41) |
0.42 (0.00–8.77) |
$398,717 ($0 – $12,626,263) |
| Creation or enhanced access to places for physical activitya (3 studies) |
$15.08; $5.07; $137.46 |
0.62; 0.98; 0.26 |
0.40; 0.17; 4.47 | $50,273, $16,914, $458,207 |
a
This category contains less than 5 studies, so individual studies are listed instead of deriving their means.