• Journal of physiotherapy · Jul 2020

    Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study

    Preoperative physiotherapy is cost-effective for preventing pulmonary complications after major abdominal surgery: a health economic analysis of a multicentre randomised trial.

    • Ianthe Boden, Iain K Robertson, Amanda Neil, Julie Reeve, Andrew J Palmer, Elizabeth H Skinner, Laura Browning, Lesley Anderson, Cat Hill, David Story, and Linda Denehy.
    • Department of Physiotherapy, Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Australia; Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: ianthe.boden@ths.tas.gov.au.
    • J Physiother. 2020 Jul 1; 66 (3): 180-187.

    QuestionIs preoperative physiotherapy cost-effective in reducing postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) and improving quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) after major abdominal surgery?DesignCost-effectiveness analysis from the hospitals' perspective within a multicentre randomised controlled trial with concealed allocation, blinded assessors and intention-to-treat analysis.ParticipantsFour hundred and forty-one adults awaiting elective upper abdominal surgery attending pre-anaesthetic clinics at three public hospitals in Australia and New Zealand.InterventionsThe experimental group received an information booklet and a 30-minute face-to-face session, involving respiratory education and breathing exercise training, with a physiotherapist. The control group received the information booklet only.Outcome MeasuresThe probability of cost-effectiveness and incremental net benefits was estimated using bootstrapped incremental PPC and QALY cost-effectiveness ratios plotted on cost-effectiveness planes and associated probability curves through a range of willingness-to-pay amounts. Cost-effectiveness modelling utilised 21-day postoperative hospital cost audit data and QALYs estimated from Short Form-Six Domain health utilities and mortality to 12 months.ResultsPreoperative physiotherapy had 95% probability of being cost-effective with an incremental net benefit to participating hospitals of A$4,958 (95% CI 10 to 9,197) for each PPC prevented, given that the hospitals were willing to pay $45,000 to provide the service. Cost-utility for QALY gains was less certain. Sensitivity analyses strengthened cost-effectiveness findings. Improved cost-effectiveness and QALY gains were detected when experienced physiotherapists delivered the intervention.ConclusionsPreoperative physiotherapy aimed at preventing PPCs was highly likely to be cost-effective from the hospitals' perspective. For each PPC prevented, preoperative physiotherapy is likely to cost the hospitals less than the costs estimated to treat a PPC after surgery. Potential QALY gains require confirmation.Trial RegistrationACTRN12613000664741.Copyright © 2020 Australian Physiotherapy Association. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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