RT Journal Article
T1 Economic evaluation of a guided and unguided internet-based CBT intervention for major depression: Results from a multicenter, three-armed randomized controlled trial conducted in primary care
A1 Romero-Sanchiz, Pablo
A1 Nogueira-Arjona, Raquel
A1 García-Ruiz, Antonio J.
A1 Luciano, Juan V.
A1 Garcia Campayo, Javier
A1 Gili, Margalida
A1 Botella, Cristina
A1 Baños, Rosa
A1 Castro, Adoración
A1 Lopez del Hoyo, Yolanda
A1 Pérez Ara, Mª Ángeles
A1 Modrego-Alarcón, Marta
A1 Mayoral Cleries, Fermín
K1 Depresión mental - Tratamiento - Ensayos clínicos
AB The aim of this study is to analyze the cost effectiveness at 12-month follow-up of the Internet-based CBT program "Smiling is fun" with (LITG) and without psychotherapist support (TSG) compared to usual care. The perspective used in our analysis is societal. A sample of 296 depressed patients (mean age of 43.04 years; 76% female; BDI-II mean score = 22.37) from primary care services in four Spanish regions were randomized in the RCT. The complete case and intention-to-treat (ITT) perspectives wereused for the analyses. The results demonstrated that both Internet-based CBT interventions exhibited cost utility and cost effectiveness compared with a control group. The complete case analyses revealed an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of €-169.50 and an incremental cost-utility ratio (ICUR) of €-11389.66 for the TSG group and an ICER of €-104.63 and an ICUR of €-6380.86 for the LITG group. The ITT analyses found an ICER of €-98.37 and an ICUR of €-5160.40 for the TSG group and an ICER of €-9.91 and an ICUR of €496.72 for the LITG group. In summary, the results of this study indicate that the two Internet-based CBT interventions are appropriate from both economic and clinical perspectives for depressed patients in the Spanish primary care system. These interventions not only help patients to improve clinically but also generate societal savings.
PB Public Library of Science
YR 2017
FD 2017-02-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30309
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30309
LA eng
NO Romero-Sanchiz P, Nogueira-Arjona R, GarcõÂa-Ruiz A, Luciano JV, GarcõÂa Campayo J, Gili M, et al. (2017) Economic evaluation of a guided and unguided internet-based CBT intervention for major depression: Results from a multi-center, three-armed randomized controlled trial conducted in primary care. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0172741.
NO CC BY
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026