Cost-effectiveness of online positive psychology: Randomized controlled trial
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in: The Journal of Positive Psychology, Jahrgang 9, Nr. 5, 09.2014, S. 460-471.
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T1 - Cost-effectiveness of online positive psychology
T2 - Randomized controlled trial
AU - Bolier, Linda
AU - Majo, Cristina
AU - Smit, Filip
AU - Westerhof, Gerben J.
AU - Haverman, Merel
AU - Walburg, Jan A.
AU - Riper, Heleen
AU - Bohlmeijer, Ernst
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
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.
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.
KW - Health sciences
KW - cost-effectiveness
KW - Depression
KW - economic evaluation
KW - positive psychology
KW - Randomized controlled trial
KW - Well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902850443&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17439760.2014.910829
DO - 10.1080/17439760.2014.910829
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 9
SP - 460
EP - 471
JO - The Journal of Positive Psychology
JF - The Journal of Positive Psychology
SN - 1743-9760
IS - 5
ER -