Trial reportSpinal cord2017
Cost-effectiveness analysis of telephone-based support for the management of pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injury in India and Bangladesh.
Trial report in Spinal cord, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Multidimensional Effects of Telemedicine on Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of surgical interventions in patients with severe pressure ulcers: the SIPS mixed-methods exploratory study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Telemedicine on Wound-Related and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Wounds: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluations of digital public health interventions in the WHO Southeast Asia Region: a systematic literature review.International journal of technology assessment in health care · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Methods for Estimating Productivity Losses due to Illness or Caregiving in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.PharmacoEconomics · 2024Pooled it
- Digital Health Interventions for Chronic Wound Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- A cross-sector systematic review and synthesis of knowledge on telemedicine interventions in chronic wound management-Implications from a system perspective.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- Telerehabilitation for individuals with spinal cord injury in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the literature.Spinal cord · 2022Pooled it
- Cost-utility analysis and impact on the environment of videoconference in pressure injury. A randomized controlled trial in individuals with spinal cord injury.Spinal cord series and cases · 2024Trial
- Economic Evaluations of Rehabilitation Interventions: A Scoping Review with Implications for Return to Work Programs.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Utilization of telehealth services in low- and middle-income countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative summary.Global health action · 2023Review
- Economic evaluation of remote patient monitoring and organizational analysis according to patient involvement: a scoping review.International journal of technology assessment in health care · 2023Article
- Advanced Wound Diagnostics: Toward Transforming Wound Care into Precision Medicine.Advances in wound care · 2022Review
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- Substantiating Clinical Effectiveness and Potential Barriers to the Widespread Implementation of Spinal Cord Injury Telerehabilitation: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis of Randomized Trials in the Recent Past Decade.Telemedicine reports · 2021Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of Telemedicine in Asia: A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of a continuous patient position monitoring system in improving hospital turn protocol compliance in an ICU: A multiphase multisite study in India.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2019Article
- The EQ-5D-5L in patients admitted to a hospital in Japan with recent spinal cord injury: a descriptive study.Spinal cord · 2019Article
- The state of cost-utility analysis in India: A systematic review.Perspectives in clinical researchReview
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine from a societal perspective the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of telephone-based support for management of pressure ulcers. STUDY
designCost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis of a randomised clinical trial.
settingTertiary centre in India and Bangladesh.
methodsAn economic evaluation was conducted alongside a randomised clinical trial comparing 12 weeks of telephone-based support (intervention group) with usual care (control group). The analyses evaluated costs and health outcomes in terms of cm
resultsThe mean (95% confidence interval) between-group difference for the reduction in size of pressure ulcers was 0.53 (-3.12 to 4.32) cm
conclusionIn terms of QALYs, telephone-based support to help people manage pressure ulcers at home provides good value for money and has an 87% probability of being cost-effective, based on 3 times gross domestic product. Sensitivity analyses were performed using the overall cost data with and without productivity costs, and did not alter this conclusion.
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