ArticleArchives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2018
Health-related costs in a sample of premenopausal non-diabetic overweight or obese females in Antwerp region: a cost-of-illness analysis.
Article in Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02831621 (Effect of Diet Plus Exercise Versus Diet Alone on the Reduction of Ectopic Fat Deposition in Adults With Overweight), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Effect of Diet Plus Exercise Versus Diet Alone on the Reduction of Ectopic Fat Deposition in Adults With Overweight
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Unsupervised Exercise Training Was Not Found to Improve the Metabolic Health or Phenotype over a 6-Month Dietary Intervention: A Randomised Controlled Trial with an Embedded Economic Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Breast cancer-related lymphedema and its treatment: how big is the financial impact?Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Trial
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPeople with overweight or obesity are at increased risk for disease later in life which cause important health costs.The aim of this study was to estimate the health status and the corresponding costs in a sample of females with overweight or obesity which were participating in a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) exploring the effect of lifestyle habits changes on ectopic adipose tissue.
methodsSixty-two non-diabetic premenopausal females without major comorbidities of overweight and obesity were recruited among patients visiting endocrinologists at the obesity clinic of the University Hospital of Antwerp and the University of Antwerp.A RCT-embedded cost-of-illness approach with societal perspective, based on self-reported questionnaires and cost diaries (3 months recall) was applied to estimate the prevalence of different comorbidities and the related direct and indirect costs in this sample of overweight or obese females. The European Quality-of-Life-5D questionnaire was used to define the health state and the corresponding utility index of the participants.
resultsThe average direct health costs and health utilities observed in this sample were comparable with the general Flemish female population. This may partially be explained by the strict inclusion criteria of the RCT (i.e. overweight or obesity without diabetes type 2 or cardiovascular diseases). However, 15% of the participants had five or more comorbidities resulting in higher average costs and lower average health utility as compared to the general population, only 3 participants were diagnozed with the metabolic syndrome. In this subsample productivity was low due to high average absenteeism, yielding important total costs for the society.
conclusionSecondary prevention to avoid health deterioration in overweight or obese females without major comorbidies is needed to contain health care costs.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02831621, approval of the ethics committee of the University Hospital of Antwerp (number: 14/17/205 -ref: 7543075363).
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