ArticleCost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E2013
Cost-utility analysis of a dance intervention for adolescent girls with internalizing problems.
Article in Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01523561 (Influencing Adolescent Girls With Internalizing Problems With Creative Dance Twice Weekly. A Randomised, Controlled Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Influencing Adolescent Girls With Internalizing Problems With Creative Dance Twice Weekly. A Randomised, Controlled Study
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Cost-effectiveness analysis of physical activity interventions for people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: systematic review.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic Review of the Psychometric Performance of Generic Childhood Multi-attribute Utility Instruments.Applied health economics and health policy · 2023Pooled it
- Cost-effectiveness evidence of mental health prevention and promotion interventions: A systematic review of economic evaluations.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Economic Evaluations of Public Health Interventions to Improve Mental Health and Prevent Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours: A Systematic Literature Review.Administration and policy in mental health · 2021Pooled it
- Dance movement therapy for depression.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Measuring Health Utilities in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of the Literature.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- The effects of a dance intervention on somatic symptoms and emotional distress in adolescent girls: A randomized controlled trial.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Trial
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- The cost-effectiveness of school-based interventions for chronic diseases: a systematic review.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2024Review
- The Cost-Effectiveness of a Dance and Yoga Intervention for Girls with Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders.PharmacoEconomics - open · 2023Article
- Cost Effectiveness of a Cultural Physical Activity Intervention to Reduce Blood Pressure Among Native Hawaiians with Hypertension.PharmacoEconomics - open · 2022Article
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- An Intervention With Dance and Yoga for Girls With Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders (Just in TIME): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
- Exploring experiences among adopters during the diffusion of a novel dance intervention in Sweden.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe increasing prevalence of psychological health problems among adolescent girls is alarming. Knowledge of beneficial effects of physical activity on psychological health is widespread. Dance is a popular form of exercise that could be a protective factor in preventing and treating symptoms of depression. The aim of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of a dance intervention in addition to usual school health services for adolescent girls with internalizing problems, compared with usual school health services alone.
methodsA cost-utility analysis from a societal perspective based on a randomized controlled intervention trial was performed. The setting was a city in central Sweden with a population of 130 000. A total of 112 adolescent girls, 13-18 years old, with internalizing problems participated in the study. They were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 59) or control (n = 53) group. The intervention comprised dance twice weekly during eight months in addition to usual school health services. Costs for the stakeholder of the intervention, treatment effect and healthcare costs were considered. Gained quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) were used to measure the effects. Quality of life was measured with the Health Utility Index Mark 3. Cost-effectiveness ratios were based on the changes in QALYs and net costs for the intervention group compared with the control group. Likelihood of cost-effectiveness was calculated.
resultsAt 20 months, quality of life had increased by 0.08 units more in the intervention group than in the control group (P = .04), translating to 0.10 gained QALYs. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was USD $3,830 per QALY and the likelihood of cost-effectiveness was 95%.
conclusionsIntervention with dance twice weekly in addition to usual school health services may be considered cost-effective compared with usual school health services alone, for adolescent girls with internalizing problems.
trial registrationName of the trial registry: "Influencing Adolescent Girls' With Creative Dance Twice Weekly" TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT01523561.
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