Cost-effectiveness of providing university students with a mindfulness-based intervention to reduce psychological distress: economic evaluation of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11510%2F23%3A10472268" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11510/23:10472268 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=GzlnYDj3P7" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=GzlnYDj3P7</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071724" target="_blank" >10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071724</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Cost-effectiveness of providing university students with a mindfulness-based intervention to reduce psychological distress: economic evaluation of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Original language description

Objective Increasing numbers of young people attending university has raised concerns about the capacity of student mental health services to support them. We conducted a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to explore whether provision of an 8 week mindfulness course adapted for university students (Mindfulness Skills for Students - MSS), compared with university mental health support as usual (SAU), reduced psychological distress during the examination period. Here, we conduct an economic evaluation of MSS+SAU compared with SAU. Design and setting Economic evaluation conducted alongside a pragmatic, parallel, single-blinded RCT comparing provision of MSS+SAU to SAU. Participants 616 university students randomised. Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary economic evaluation assessed the cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained from the perspective of the university counselling service. Costs relate to staff time required to deliver counselling service offerings. QALYs were derived from the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation Dimension 6 Dimension (CORE-6D) preference based tool, which uses responses to six items of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation Outcome Measure (CORE-OM; primary clinical outcome measure). Primary follow-up duration was 5 and 7 months for the two recruitment cohorts. Results It was estimated to cost pounds1584 (2022 prices) to deliver an MSS course to 30 students, pounds52.82 per student. Both costs (adjusted mean difference: pounds48, 95% CI pounds40-pounds56) and QALYs (adjusted mean difference: 0.014, 95% CI 0.008 to 0.021) were significantly higher in the MSS arm compared with SAU. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was pounds3355, with a very high (99.99%) probability of being cost-effective at a willingness-to-pay threshold of pounds20 000 per QALY. Conclusions MSS leads to significantly improved outcomes at a moderate additional cost. The ICER of pounds3355 per QALY suggests that MSS is cost-effective when compared with the UK&apos;s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence thresholds of pounds20 000 per QALY. Trial registration number Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12615001160527.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMJ Open

ISSN

2044-6055

e-ISSN

2044-6055

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1-11

UT code for WoS article

001181643400016

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85177772892