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Table 3 Costs of the intervention

From: Testing a workplace physical activity intervention: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Cost

Amount

Development costs

 

Labour

£20,500

Equipment (e.g. Computers and printers)

£500

Consumables

£38

Travel

£21

Graphic design

£1,750

Total

£22,809

Delivery costs

 

Labour

£13,253

Equipment (computers, exercise equipment)

£338

Graphic Design

£1,750

Prizes

£100

Total

£15,441

Overall total cost

£38,250

Average cost per participant (n = 662)

£58

Opportunity cost of physical exercisea

£5

Adjusted impact on productivityb

-£39

Total overall cost per participant

£24

  1. aDifference in mean annual cost of physical activity; intervention vs control groups
  2. bDifference in mean annual cost of sickness absence; (intervention vs control groups)*0.8