Cost-effectiveness of achieving clinical improvement with a dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program |
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Authors: | Laura Akers Paul Rohde Eric Stice Meghan L Butryn Heather Shaw |
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Institution: | 1. Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon, USAlauraa@ori.org;3. Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon, USA;4. Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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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. |
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