TY - JOUR
T1 - Cost-effectiveness of online positive psychology: Randomized controlled trial
AU - Bolier, L.
AU - Majo, C.
AU - Smit, H.F.E.
AU - Westerhof, G.J.
AU - Haverman, M.
AU - Walburg, J.A.
AU - Riper, H.
AU - Bohlmeijer, E.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - As yet, no evidence is available about the cost-effectiveness of positive psychological interventions. When offered via the Internet, these interventions may be particularly cost-effective, because they are highly scalable and do not rely on scant resources such as therapists' time. Alongside a randomized controlled trial of an online positive psychological intervention, a health-economic evaluation was conducted. Mild to moderately depressed adults seeking self-help and recruited in the general population were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n = 143) and a waitlisted usual care group (n = 141). Improved clinical outcomes were achieved in the intervention group (at least for depression) at higher costs. When outliers (the top 2.5%, n = 5 in intervention group, n = 2 in control group) were removed, cost-effectiveness was increased considerably. For positive psychology, economic evaluations may be a means to nudge policy decision-makers towards placing positive psychological interventions on the health agenda. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
AB - As yet, no evidence is available about the cost-effectiveness of positive psychological interventions. When offered via the Internet, these interventions may be particularly cost-effective, because they are highly scalable and do not rely on scant resources such as therapists' time. Alongside a randomized controlled trial of an online positive psychological intervention, a health-economic evaluation was conducted. Mild to moderately depressed adults seeking self-help and recruited in the general population were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n = 143) and a waitlisted usual care group (n = 141). Improved clinical outcomes were achieved in the intervention group (at least for depression) at higher costs. When outliers (the top 2.5%, n = 5 in intervention group, n = 2 in control group) were removed, cost-effectiveness was increased considerably. For positive psychology, economic evaluations may be a means to nudge policy decision-makers towards placing positive psychological interventions on the health agenda. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.910829
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.910829
M3 - Article
SN - 1743-9760
VL - 9
SP - 460
EP - 471
JO - The Journal of Positive Psychology: Dedicated to Furthering Research and Promoting Good Practice
JF - The Journal of Positive Psychology: Dedicated to Furthering Research and Promoting Good Practice
IS - 5
ER -