title: Calculating the costs of an 8-week, physiotherapy-led exercise intervention in deconditioned cancer survivors in the early survivorship period (the PEACH trial).
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Science, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: julie.broderick@tcd.ie.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Broderick
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Science, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guinan
authors.affiliation: Academic Unit of Clinical and Medical Oncology, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: O' Donnell
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Science, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hussey
authors.affiliation: Centre of Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tyrrell
authors.affiliation: Centre of Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Normand
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005221:Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D017741:Survivors
keywords: Cancer; Cost analysis; Fatigue; Quality of life; Randomised controlled trial