An evaluation of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales, UK: a randomised controlled trial of a public health policy initiative

Murphy, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3589-3681, Edwards, Rhiannon Tudor, Williams, Nefyn Howard, Raisanen, Lawrence Matthew, Moore, Graham ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6136-3978, Linck, Pat, Hounsome, Natalia, Din, Nafees ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-1207 and Moore, Laurence Anthony Russell 2012. An evaluation of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales, UK: a randomised controlled trial of a public health policy initiative. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 66 (8) , pp. 745-753. 10.1136/jech-2011-200689

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Abstract

Background The Wales National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS) is a 16-week programme including motivational interviewing, goal setting and relapse prevention. Method A pragmatic randomised controlled trial with nested economic evaluation of 2160 inactive participants with coronary heart disease risk (CHD, 1559, 72%), mild to moderate depression, anxiety or stress (79, 4%) or both (522, 24%) randomised to receive (1) NERS or (2) normal care and brief written information. Outcome measures at 12 months included the 7-day physical activity recall, the hospital anxiety and depression scale. Results Ordinal regression identified increased physical activity among those randomised to NERS compared with those receiving normal care in all participants (OR 1.19, 95% CI 0.99 to 1.43), and among those referred for CHD only (OR 1.29, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.60). For those referred for mental health reason alone, or in combination with CHD, there were significantly lower levels of anxiety (OR −1.56, 95% CI −2.75 to −0.38) and depression (OR −1.39, 95% CI −2.60 to −0.18), but no effect on physical activity. The base-case incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was £12 111 per quality adjusted life year, falling to £9741 if participants were to contribute £2 per session. Conclusions NERS was effective in increasing physical activity among those referred for CHD risk only. Among mental health referrals, NERS did not influence physical activity but was associated with reduced anxiety and depression. Effects were dependent on adherence. NERS is likely to be cost effective with respect to prevailing payer thresholds

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing
ISSN:	1470-2738
Last Modified:	07 Jul 2023 01:46
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/37849

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