Cost-effectiveness of achieving clinical improvement with a dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program. Issue 3 (27th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Akers, Laura; Rohde, Paul; Stice, Eric; Butryn, Meghan L.; Shaw, Heather
• Is Part Of: Eating disorders. Volume 25:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 263
• Page End: 272
• Publication Date: 2017-05-27
• Subjects: Eating disorders -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Eating disorders -- Prevention -- Periodicals; 616.8526
• DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2017.1297107
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1064-0266

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Using data from an effectiveness trial delivered by college clinicians, we examined the cost-effectiveness of the dissonance-based Body Project program for reducing eating disorder symptoms in women with body dissatisfaction. The outcome of interest was individual-level change; 14.9% of Body Project participants attained clinically meaningful improvement vs. 6.7% of controls. Delivering the intervention costs approximately $70 (2012 U.S. dollars) per person. Incremental cost-effectiveness was $838 for each additional at-risk person reducing eating disorder symptomology to a clinically meaningful degree. These analyses demonstrate the economic value of the Body Project for college-age women with symptoms below the eating disorder diagnosis threshold.