Cost-effectiveness evaluation of compliance therapy for people with psychosis

Healey, A., Knapp, M., Astin, J., Beecham, J., Kemp, R., Kirov, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3427-3950 and David, A 1998. Cost-effectiveness evaluation of compliance therapy for people with psychosis. British Journal of Psychiatry 172 , pp. 420-424. 10.1192/bjp.172.5.420

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Non-compliance rates with antipsychotic medication can be high, and the personal and societal costs are considerable. A new psychological intervention, compliance therapy seeks to improve compliance and patient outcomes and reduce treatment costs. METHOD: A randomised controlled study examined the cost-effectiveness of compliance therapy compared to non-specific counselling over 18 months for 74 people with psychosis admitted as inpatients at the Maudsley Hospital. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to test for differences and to explore inter-patient cost variations. RESULTS: Compliance therapy is more effective and is no more expensive. Consequently, compliance therapy is more cost-effective than non-specific counselling at six, 12 and 18 months. CONCLUSIONS: There are compliance, outcome and cost-effectiveness arguments in favour of compliance therapy in preference to non-specific counselling.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Publisher:	Royal College of Psychiatrists
ISSN:	0007-1250
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 09:36
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/81705

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