Table 4.
Participant and Program Costs from Months 6 to 18 According to Extended-Care Condition
| Costs | Telephone Counseling (n=72) |
Face-to-Face Counseling (n=83) |
Education Control Group (n=79) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Participant Costs | |||
| Reading/record keeping, mean (SD), hr | 16.0 (18.1) | 15.7 (18.9) | 10.4 (15.7) |
| Time in counseling, mean (SD), hr | 10.2 (12.4) | 21.3 (16.0) | N/A |
| Time spent exercising, mean (SD), hr | 109.2 (87.9) | 99.5 (88.8) | 110.9 (115.5) |
| Other program-related time, mean (SD), hr | 48.8 (64.5) | 35.5 (61.0) | 41.4 (85.3) |
| Travel time, mean (SD), hr | N/A | 13.4 (8.9) | N/A |
| Subtotal: program time, mean (SD), hr | 199.1 (136.7) | 185.4 (130.5) | 177.7 (161.2) |
| Travel distance, mean (SD), mi | N/A | 472.1 (477.6) | N/A |
| Total participant costs, mean (SD), $ | 1933 (1436) | 2157 (1449) | 1708 (1692) |
| Program Costsa | |||
| Interventionist time, mean (SD), hr | 63.0 (11.3) | 126.0 (0) | N/A |
| Program assistant time, mean (SD), hr | 24.0 (4.3) | 78.0 (0) | 104.0 (0) |
| Subtotal: personnel costs, mean (SD), $ | 1863 (162.3) | 3589 (0) | 1191 (0) |
| Other costs (e.g., telephone, postage, handouts, space rentalb), mean (SD), $ |
396.0 (6.5) |
1036.0 (6.5) | 163.9 (29.5) |
| Program costs/participant, mean (SD), $ | 191.5 (21.1) | 396.6 (73.2) | 115.8 (19.0) |
|
Total costs/participant (mean of participant costs + mean of program costs), $ |
2124.5 | 2554.6 | 1823.8 |
a
For certain program costs, such as interventionist time to conduct a face-to-face group session, there is no variation by number of participants, hence the SD is 0).
b
The extension offices provided the space without charge for this study. However, given that the space available was limited and available on a competitive basis, we estimated the value based on rental charges for similar space by local churches in these communities.