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Cost Analysis of a Home-Based Virtual Reality Rehabilitation to Improve Upper Limb Function in Stroke Survivors

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  • Mirella Veras
  • Jennifer Stewart
  • Raywat Deonandan
  • José Carlos Tatmatsu-Rocha
  • Johanne Higgins
  • Lise Poissant
  • Dahlia Kairy

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Loss of arm function occurs in up to 85% of stroke survivors. Home-based telerehabilitation is a viable approach for upper limb training post-stroke when rehabilitation services are not available. Method- A costing analysis of a telerehabilitation program was conducted under several scenarios, alongside a single-blind two-arm randomized controlled trial with participants randomly allocated to control (N=25) or intervention group (N=26). Detailed analysis of the cost for two different scenarios for providing telerehabilitation were conducted. The fixed costs of the telerehabilitation are an important determinant of the total costs of the program. The detailed breakdown of the costs allows for costs of future proposed telerehabilitation programs to be easily estimated. The costs analysis found that a program supplying all required technology costs between CAD$475 per patient and CAD$482 per patient, while a program supplying only a camera would have total costs between CAD$242 per patient and $245 per patient. The findings of this study support the potential implementation of telerehabilitation for stroke survivors for improving accessibility to rehabilitation services. This cost-analysis study will facilitate the implementation and future research on cost-effectiveness of such interventions.

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  • Mirella Veras & Jennifer Stewart & Raywat Deonandan & José Carlos Tatmatsu-Rocha & Johanne Higgins & Lise Poissant & Dahlia Kairy, 2020. "Cost Analysis of a Home-Based Virtual Reality Rehabilitation to Improve Upper Limb Function in Stroke Survivors," Global Journal of Health Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(2), pages 1-98, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:gjhsjl:v:12:y:2020:i:2:p:98
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