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Table 6 Costs of setting up and running the centre, and of developing and delivering the intervention

From: The Agewell trial: a pilot randomised controlled trial of a behaviour change intervention to promote healthy ageing and reduce risk of dementia in later life

Cost of setting up the centre (annuitized over 3 years)

Task

Cost

ACGM development officer, 50% FTE

£5,377.57

Volunteer training

£356.93

Administration costs

£356.93

Promoting the centre

£356.93

Equipping the centre

£3,390.87

Recruiting centre staff/facilitators

£1,225.50

Total centre set-up cost

£11,600.14

Centre set-up cost per person (based on up to 600 attending the centre over 3 years)

£19.33

Cost of running the centre (per year)

Task

Cost

ACGM centre co-ordinator’s salary

£9,000.00

Rent of an office for the co-ordinator

£5,000.00

Management of centre staff

£14,040.94

Rent of the centre

£4,382.50

Administration costs including utility bills and travel reimbursement

£5,699.00

Annual centre running cost

£38,122.44

Annual running cost per person (based on up to 200 attending the centre per year)

£190.61

Cost of developing the goal-setting and mentoring intervention (annuitized over 3 years)

Intervention development time

£590.90

Training staff to deliver the interviews and mentoring

£144.80

Supervision of staff delivering the interviews and mentoring

£126.92

Total intervention set-up cost

£862.62

Intervention set-up cost per participant (n = 75)

£11.50*

Cost of delivering interviews and mentoring

 

IC

GS

GM

Initial interview cost per person

£20.32

£30.48

£30.48

On-going telephone mentoring cost per person

N/A

N/A

£16.93

Interview and mentoring cost per person

£20.32

£30.48

£47.41

Total cost per trial participant, including centre set-up and running costs and intervention costs

 

IC

GS

GSM

£241.77

£251.93

£268.86

  1. Note: IC = control, GS: goal-setting, GM: goal-setting with mentoring.
  2. *For future studies the cost of intervention development time would not apply and hence the cost per person would reflect only the cost of staff training and supervision; this is calculated as £3.63 per participant.