Author, as appears in the article.: Mailen Arfuch, Victoria; Aguilar Martin, Carina; Berenguera, Anna; Caballol Angelats, Rosa; Carrasco-Querol, Noelia; Gonzalez Serra, Gemma; Sancho Sol, Maria Cinta; Fuste Anguera, Immaculada; Fernandez Saez, Jose; Queiroga Goncalves, Alessandra; Casajuana, Marc
Department: Infermeria
URV's Author/s: Fernández Sáez, José
Keywords: Health Health economics Illness Impact Pai Primary care Public health Rheumatolog
Abstract: Introduction Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) imposes a high cost on society. The significant economic burden from the use of healthcare and, especially, social resources is a spur to revising the usual clinical care (UCC) and to improving treatment strategies. FMS has a deleterious effect on the quality of life (QOL) and productivity, which considerably increase the indirect costs to society. This study reports an economic evaluation comparing the cost and health benefits in a multicomponent intervention programme and UCC of patients with FMS who attend primary healthcare centres of the Gerencia Territorial Terres de L'Ebre region of Catalonia, Spain. This article is linked to the pre-results of a randomised control trial study on the implementation of this intervention programme (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04049006). Method and analysis A cost-utility analysis will be conducted from a societal perspective. Quality-adjusted life years will be calculated from the results of the SF-36 questionnaire, a QOL measurement instrument. Direct and indirect healthcare costs will be obtained from official prices and reports published by the Spanish Public Health Administration and the National Statistics Institute. The incremental cost-utility ratio will be estimated to compare the two healthcare practices. Deterministic sensitivity analysis will also be used to compare different cost scenarios, modifying the items with the highest weight in the cost composition. Ethics and dissemination The Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the IDIAPJGol Institute approved this study on 25 April 2018 (code P18/068) in accordance with the Helsinki/Tokyo Declaration. Information will be provided orally and in writing to participants, and their informed consent will be required. Participant anonymity will be guaranteed. The dissemination strategy includes publications in scientific journals and presentations in local and national media and at academic conferences.
Thematic Areas: Biotecnología Ciência da computação Ciências ambientais Ciências biológicas i Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas iii Educação física Enfermagem Ensino Farmacia General medicine Interdisciplinar Medicina i Medicina ii Medicina iii Medicina veterinaria Medicine (all) Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicine, general & internal Nutrição Odontología Psicología Saúde coletiva
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: jose.fernandezs@urv.cat jose.fernandezs@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-6717-7674 0000-0002-6717-7674
Record's date: 2025-03-15
Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Paper original source: Bmj Open. 11 (2): e043562-
APA: Mailen Arfuch, Victoria; Aguilar Martin, Carina; Berenguera, Anna; Caballol Angelats, Rosa; Carrasco-Querol, Noelia; Gonzalez Serra, Gemma; Sancho Sol (2021). Cost-utility analysis of a multicomponent intervention for fibromyalgia syndrome in primary care versus usual clinical practice: study protocol for an economic evaluation of a randomised control trial. Bmj Open, 11(2), e043562-. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043562
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications