Table 2.
Outcome | Intervention Group | Control Group | Mean Difference (95% CI) |
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8 weeks (n = 763) | |||
Clinical effects | |||
Improvement in CES‐D | 9.8 | 8.3 | 1.5 (− .4 to 3.4) |
Response rate | .22 | .19 | .04 (− .02 to .10) |
QALY | .10 | .10 | 0 (− .01 to .01) |
Cost categories | |||
Intervention | 268 | 0 | 268 (N/A) |
Mental health | 152 | 143 | 9 (− 33 to 52) |
Primary care | 76 | 73 | 3 (− 19 to 24) |
Secondary care | 108 | 120 | −12 (− 82 to 56) |
Medication | 1 | 2 | −1 (− .5 to 1.5) |
Complementary therapy | 11 | 10 | 1 (− 5 to 8) |
Domestic help | 391 | 380 | 11 (− 103 to 123) |
Productivity losses | 1,061 | 1,058 | 3 (− 305 to 309) |
Total | 2,068 | 1,786 | 282 (− 98 to 659) |
6 months (n = 1,163) | |||
Clinical effects | |||
Improvement in CES‐D | 9.24 | 7 | 2.24 (.8–3.7) |
Response rate | .20 | .18 | .02 (− .02 to .07) |
QALY | .36 | .35 | .01 (− .01 to .02) |
Cost categories | |||
Intervention | 243 | 5 | 238 (233–242) |
Mental health | 268 | 234 | 34 (− 115 to 46) |
Primary care | 164 | 129 | 35 (0–70) |
Secondary care | 482 | 334 | 148 (− 187 to 485) |
Medication | 5 | 5 | 0 (− 2 to 2) |
Complementary therapy | 18 | 22 | −4 (− 15 to 6) |
Domestic help | 907 | 750 | 157 (− 65 to 379) |
Productivity losses | 2,350 | 2,580 | −230 (− 758 to 161) |
Total | 4,437 | 4,059 | 378 (− 343 to 1,040) |
12 months (n = 906) | |||
Clinical effects | |||
Improvement in CES‐D | 11.7 | 9.6 | 2.1 (.1–4) |
Response rate | .27 | .24 | .3 (− .03 to .08) |
QALY | .76 | .76 | .00 (− .3 to .3) |
Cost categories | |||
Intervention | 238 | 4 | 234 (230–239) |
Mental health | 563 | 646 | −83 (− 272 to 134) |
Primary care | 270 | 239 | 31 (− 47 to 103) |
Secondary care | 731 | 429 | 302 (− 154 to 741) |
Medication | 10 | 11 | −1 (− 6 to 5) |
Complementary therapy | 42 | 51 | −9 (− 35 to 18) |
Domestic help | 2,059 | 1,712 | 347 (− 168 to 802) |
Productivity losses | 4,335 | 4,652 | −317 (− 1,182 to 692) |
Total | 8,248 | 7,744 | 504 (− 1,149 to 1,892) |