Children aged less deprived average follow-up 7-13 and trial backgrounds. duration of 10 weeks families (this is a relatively Analysis is for England short period of time re: - estimated ICER of outcomes and was due £1,668.2 per QALY. to large amounts of The thesis points out: missing data from the In the roll-out phase of roll-out phase). The MEND eligibility criteria study concluded that changed from BMI children with particular ≥ 98th centile (as for the characteristics RCT) to BMI 91st experience a higher ≥ centile, therefore degree of the coverage of MEND has effectiveness of MEND been extended to 7-13 in reducing BMIs. overweight children These characteristics without supporting are: male, White evidence from an RCT. ethnicity, high baseline The rollout also differs BMI, and frequent from the RCT in that attendance of the the qualifications of programme. For Asian the staff were children, the only in order to significant predictor is ‘diminished’ make the programme having parents who
Children aged 7-13 and families less deprived backgrounds. Analysis is for England - estimated ICER of £1,668.2 per QALY. The thesis points out: In the roll-out phase of MEND eligibility criteria changed from BMI ≥ 98th centile (as for the RCT) to BMI ≥ 91st centile, therefore coverage of MEND has been extended to overweight children without supporting evidence from an RCT. The rollout also differs from the RCT in that the qualifications of the staff were ‘diminished’ in order to make the programme average follow-up duration of 10 weeks (this is a relatively short period of time re: outcomes and was due to large amounts of missing data from the roll-out phase). The study concluded that children with particular characteristics experience a higher degree of the effectiveness of MEND 7-13 in reducing BMIs. These characteristics are: male, White ethnicity, high baseline BMI, and frequent attendance of the programme. For Asian children, the only significant predictor is having parents who trial
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