Cost-effectiveness of online positive psychology: Randomized controlled trial

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Cost-effectiveness of online positive psychology: Randomized controlled trial. / Bolier, Linda; Majo, Cristina; Smit, Filip et al.
in: The Journal of Positive Psychology, Jahrgang 9, Nr. 5, 09.2014, S. 460-471.

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Bolier, L, Majo, C, Smit, F, Westerhof, GJ, Haverman, M, Walburg, JA, Riper, H & Bohlmeijer, E 2014, 'Cost-effectiveness of online positive psychology: Randomized controlled trial', The Journal of Positive Psychology, Jg. 9, Nr. 5, S. 460-471. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.910829

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Bolier, L., Majo, C., Smit, F., Westerhof, G. J., Haverman, M., Walburg, J. A., Riper, H., & Bohlmeijer, E. (2014). Cost-effectiveness of online positive psychology: Randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(5), 460-471. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.910829

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Bolier L, Majo C, Smit F, Westerhof GJ, Haverman M, Walburg JA et al. Cost-effectiveness of online positive psychology: Randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2014 Sep;9(5):460-471. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2014.910829

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title = "Cost-effectiveness of online positive psychology: Randomized controlled trial",
abstract = "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.",
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