Combining behavioural activation with physical activity promotion for adults with depression: findings of a parallel-group pilot randomised controlled trial (BAcPAc)

Table 4 Resource use (PWP time) for delivery of interventions and estimated costs for PWP time

Data reported	BA (n = 7)	BAcPAc (n = 8)	Total (n = 15)
Total number of contacts	18	27	45
Number of face to face contacts	7	17	24
Number of telephone contacts	11	10	21
Mean contacts total	2.60	3.38	3.00
Mean contacts face to face	1.00	2.12	1.60
Mean contacts by telephone	1.6	1.25	1.4
Total contact time (min)	685	835	1520
Mean contact time (min/participant)	98	104	101
Mean contact time face to face (min/contact)	42.86	31.18	34.58
Mean contact time by telephone	35	30.5	32.86
Mean estimated cost for delivery of intervention^a	£156.80	£166.40	£161.60

BA behavioural activation, BAcPAc behavioural activation with physical activity promotion, PWP psychological wellbeing practitioner
^aPWP unit cost (per hour) is based on behavioural activation delivered by a non-specialist, assumed to be £96/h (excluding qualification cost) of face-to-face contact [36]. The unit cost is assumed to apply to face-to-face and telephone contact time

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