TABLE 4.
Means (standard errors) of costs per study condition over the course of 14 months in 2021 euros with the percentage of participants that incurred the costs
| Mean costs per participant (SE) (% of participants incurring costs) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Featback (n = 88) | Featback + expert patient support (n = 90) | Expert patient support (n = 87) | Waiting list (n = 90) | Total (n = 355) | Pooled F‐statistic | |
| Total intervention costs | 3 (0) | 65 (4) | 72 (4) | 0 (0) | 35 (2) | F(3, 351) = 226,45, p < .001 | |
| Health care costs | |||||||
| General practitioner | 288 (33) [93%] | 260 (39) [92%] | 215 (28) [87%] | 320 (36) [95%] | 271 (17) [92%] | F(3, 335) = 1.69, p = .17 | |
| Dietician | 122 (25) [52%] | 217 (37) [61%] | 133 (31) [53%] | 202 (38) [58%] | 169 (17) [56%] | F(3, 334) = 2.12, p = .10 | |
| Psychologist, psychotherapist or psychiatrist–mental health care | 1483 (298) [55%] | 1745 (369) [58%] | 2723 (448) [70%] | 1810 (312) [66%] | 1936 (184) [62%] | F(3, 336) = 2.23, p = .08 | |
| Psychologist, psychotherapist or psychiatrist ‐ independent | 1005 (186) [57%] | 869 (153) [59%] | 1195 (222) [64%] | 1052 (188) [63%] | 1029 (95) [61%] | F(3, 335) = 0.52, p = .67 | |
| Psychologist, psychotherapist or psychiatrist ‐ hospital | 617 (181) [40%] | 241 (75) [32%] | 714 (188) [43%] | 549 (138) [43%] | 528 (76) [39%] | F(3, 340) = 1.83, p = .14 | |
| Medical specialist | 220 (50) [46%] | 225 (47) [56%] | 204 (43) [46%] | 297 (53) [57%] | 237 (24) [52%] | F(3, 332) = 0.73, p = .53 | |
| Emergency department | 74 (68) [3%] | 28 (27) [5%] | 9 (11) [3%] | 54 (26) [7%] | 41 (20) [5%] | F(3, 346) = 0.52, p = .67 | |
| Day treatment ‐ mental health care | 827 (264) [25%] | 642 (244) [24%] | 1102 (338) [33%] | 1542 (547) [28%] | 1029 (186) [27%] | F(3, 339) = 1.14, p = .33 | |
| Hospitalization ‐ mental health care | 2557 (1105) [14%] | 4385 (1758) [19%] | 4417 (1908) [20%] | 9158 (2524) [30%] | 5150 (967) [21%] | F(3, 338) = 2.24, p = .08 | |
| Hospitalization–hospital | 528 (282) [15%] | 1537 (589) [19%] | 1923 (900) [19%] | 2836 (952) [27%] | 1711 (370) [20%] | F(3, 338) = 1.71, p = .16 | |
| Total health care costs | 7722 (1535) | 10,215 (2281) | 12,705 (2808) | 17,820 (3349) | 12,135 (1316) | F(3, 340) = 2.81, p = .04 | |
| Nonhealth care costs | |||||||
| Absenteeism | 1456 (388) [38%] | 2602 (690) [49%] | 1925 (514) [39%] | 2117 (518) [43%] | 2029 (271) [42%] | F(3, 328) = 0.78, p = .51 | |
| Presentism | 3142 (630) [59%] | 5122 (937) [77%] | 1968 (437) [62%] | 2588 (567) [68%] | 3216 (342) [66%] | F(3, 333) = 4.16, p = .01 | |
| Substitution of unpaid work | 4421 (870) [79%] | 6042 (1183) [82%] | 7022 (1489) [88%] | 5954 (1139) [79%] | 5858 (586) [82%] | F(3, 337) = 0.8, p = .49 | |
| Total societal costs | 16,741 (2023) | 23,980 (3277) | 23,620 (3365) | 28,479 (3736) | 23,238 (1612) | F(3, 340) = 2.34, p = .07 | |
Abbreviation: SE, standard error.