Calculating the costs of an 8-week, physiotherapy-led exercise intervention in deconditioned cancer survivors in the early survivorship period (the PEACH trial)

Physiotherapy. 2014 Jun;100(2):182-4. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2013.12.003. Epub 2014 Feb 20.

Abstract

Strong evidence exists for rehabilitation programmes following a cancer diagnosis, although little is known about their cost. The effects of an 8-week, physiotherapy-led, structured group intervention during the early survivorship phase were evaluated. Significant changes in quality of life and fatigue, and promising changes in fitness were found. The overall cost for this programme was €196 per participant, including the salaries of the clinicians, overheads and equipment costs. The modest costs associated with this programme may support more routine 'cancer rehabilitation', although more robust analyses are required.

Keywords: Cancer; Cost analysis; Fatigue; Quality of life; Randomised controlled trial.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Exercise Therapy / methods*
  • Fatigue / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Neoplasms / psychology
  • Neoplasms / rehabilitation*
  • Quality of Life
  • Survivors*