Cost-effectiveness of an exercise program during pregnancy to prevent gestational diabetes: Results of an economic evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Research Article

Elisabeth MW Eekhoff¹  Judith Bosmans²  Maurice GAJ Wouters³  Nicolette Oostdam⁴  Willem van Mechelen⁵  Mireille NM van Poppel⁶ 

[1] Department of Endocrinology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Health Sciences and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Body@Work, Research Center Physical Activity, Work and Health, TNO-VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam and Hoofddorp, The Netherlands;Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Body@Work, Research Center Physical Activity, Work and Health, TNO-VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam and Hoofddorp, The Netherlands;Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Room-C568, 1081, Amsterdam, BT, The Netherlands;

关键词: Cost-effectiveness;    Pregnancy;    Exercise;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2393-12-64

 received in 2012-02-16, accepted in 2012-07-04,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is increasing worldwide. GDM and the risks associated with GDM lead to increased health care costs and losses in productivity. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether the FitFor2 exercise program during pregnancy is cost-effective from a societal perspective as compared to standard care.MethodsA randomised controlled trial (RCT) and simultaneous economic evaluation of the FitFor2 program were conducted. Pregnant women at risk for GDM were randomised to an exercise program to prevent high maternal blood glucose (n = 62) or to standard care (n = 59). The exercise program consisted of two sessions of aerobic and strengthening exercises per week. Clinical outcome measures were maternal fasting blood glucose levels, insulin sensitivity and infant birth weight. Quality of life was measured using the EuroQol 5-D and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) were calculated. Resource utilization and sick leave data were collected by questionnaires. Data were analysed according to the intention-to-treat principle. Missing data were imputed using multiple imputations. Bootstrapping techniques estimated the uncertainty surrounding the cost differences and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios.ResultsThere were no statistically significant differences in any outcome measure. During pregnancy, total health care costs and costs of productivity losses were statistically non-significant (mean difference €1308; 95%CI €-229 - €3204). The cost-effectiveness analyses showed that the exercise program was not cost-effective in comparison to the control group for blood glucose levels, insulin sensitivity, infant birth weight or QALYs.ConclusionThe twice-weekly exercise program for pregnant women at risk for GDM evaluated in the present study was not cost-effective compared to standard care. Based on these results, implementation of this exercise program for the prevention of GDM cannot be recommended.Trial registrationNTR1139

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© Oostdam et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.