Trial reportPloS one2014
An economic evaluation of a video- and text-based computer-tailored intervention for smoking cessation: a cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis of a randomized controlled trial.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Breaking the habit: a systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of non-pharmacological and combined interventions for smoking cessation in Europe.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026Pooled it
- Digital interventions in mental health: evidence syntheses and economic modelling.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of trial-based economic evaluations of internet- and mobile-based interventions for substance use disorders.European journal of public health · 2021Pooled it
- Real-time video counselling for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Is it cost-effective to provide internet-based interventions to complement the current provision of smoking cessation services in the Netherlands? An analysis based on the EQUIPTMOD.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2018Pooled it
- Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Economic Cost of the HealthCall Smartphone Intervention to Reduce Heavy Alcohol Drinking in Adults With HIV.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Trial
- Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis of a work-place smoking cessation intervention with and without financial incentives.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Trial
- Improving Adherence to Smoking Cessation Treatment: Intervention Effects in a Web-Based Randomized Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Trial
- An Online Documentary Film to Motivate Quit Attempts Among Smokers in the General Population (4Weeks2Freedom): A Randomized Controlled Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Trial
- Economic evaluation of a telephone- and face-to-face-delivered counseling intervention for smoking cessation in patients with coronary heart disease.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2016Trial
- Blended Care Intervention for Cancer Aftercare in General Practice Centers: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Use of a Rapid Qualitative Method to Inform the Development of a Text Messaging Intervention for People With Serious Mental Illness Who Smoke: Formative Research Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Message Frame-Tailoring in Digital Health Communication: Intervention Redesign and Usability Testing.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Conceptualising 'Benefits Beyond Health' in the Context of the Quality-Adjusted Life-Year: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis.PharmacoEconomics · 2021Review
- The Usability of an Online Tool to Promote the Use of Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation Interventions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Impact of Video-Based Educational Interventions on Cervical Cancer, Pap Smear and HPV Vaccines.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- A Tailored Motivational Messages Library for a Mobile Health Sleep Behavior Change Support System to Promote Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Use Among Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Development, Content Validation, and Testing.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
- Local Marketing of a National Texting-Based Smoking Cessation Program: Is It Cost Effective?Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- Development and validation of a video on bed baths.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough evidence exists for the effectiveness of web-based smoking cessation interventions, information about the cost-effectiveness of these interventions is limited.
objectiveThe study investigated the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of two web-based computer-tailored (CT) smoking cessation interventions (video- vs. text-based CT) compared to a control condition that received general text-based advice.
methodsIn a randomized controlled trial, respondents were allocated to the video-based condition (N = 670), the text-based condition (N = 708) or the control condition (N = 721). Societal costs, smoking status, and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs; EQ-5D-3L) were assessed at baseline, six-and twelve-month follow-up. The incremental costs per abstinent respondent and per QALYs gained were calculated. To account for uncertainty, bootstrapping techniques and sensitivity analyses were carried out.
resultsNo significant differences were found in the three conditions regarding demographics, baseline values of outcomes and societal costs over the three months prior to baseline. Analyses using prolonged abstinence as outcome measure indicated that from a willingness to pay of €1,500, the video-based intervention was likely to be the most cost-effective treatment, whereas from a willingness to pay of €50,400, the text-based intervention was likely to be the most cost-effective. With regard to cost-utilities, when quality of life was used as outcome measure, the control condition had the highest probability of being the most preferable treatment. Sensitivity analyses yielded comparable results.
conclusionThe video-based CT smoking cessation intervention was the most cost-effective treatment for smoking abstinence after twelve months, varying the willingness to pay per abstinent respondent from €0 up to €80,000. With regard to cost-utility, the control condition seemed to be the most preferable treatment. Probably, more time will be required to assess changes in quality of life. Future studies with longer follow-up periods are needed to investigate whether cost-utility results regarding quality of life may change in the long run.
trial registrationNederlands Trial Register NTR3102.
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