Trial reportBMC geriatrics2008
Cost effectiveness of preventing falls and improving mobility in people with Parkinson disease: protocol for an economic evaluation alongside a clinical trial.
Trial report in BMC geriatrics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions for preventing falls in Parkinson's disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- [Inpatient treatment costs, cost-driving factors and potential reimbursement problems due to fall-related fractures in patients with Parkinson's disease].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2020Pooled it
- Physiotherapy for Parkinson's disease: a comparison of techniques.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- An exercise intervention to prevent falls in Parkinson's: an economic evaluation.BMC health services research · 2012Trial
- Falls and mobility in Parkinson's disease: protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial.BMC neurology · 2011Trial
- Comparing balance using the BESTest in Alzheimer, Huntington and Parkinson disease.Neurodegenerative disease management · 2024Article
- Recurrent Falls in People with Parkinson's Disease without Cognitive Impairment: Focusing on Modifiable Risk Factors.Parkinson's disease · 2014Article
- Feasibility, safety, and compliance in a randomized controlled trial of physical therapy for Parkinson's disease.Parkinson's disease · 2012Article
- Physical, occupational, speech and swallowing therapies and physical exercise in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2011Review
- Clinician's commentary.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2010Article
- Potential influences of complementary therapy on motor and non-motor complications in Parkinson's disease.CNS drugs · 2009Review
- The rationale for improved integration between home care and neurology hospital services in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2008Review
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
backgroundCost of illness studies show that Parkinson disease (PD) is costly for individuals, the healthcare system and society. The costs of PD include both direct and indirect costs associated with falls and related injuries.
methodsThis protocol describes a prospective economic analysis conducted alongside a randomised controlled trial (RCT). It evaluates whether physical therapy is more cost effective than usual care from the perspective of the health care system. Cost effectiveness will be evaluated using a three-way comparison of the cost per fall averted and the cost per quality adjusted life year saved across two physical therapy interventions and a control group.
conclusionThis study has the potential to determine whether targetted physical therapy as an adjunct to standard care can be cost effective in reducing falls in people with PD.
trial registrationNo: ACTRN12606000344594.
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