A novel approach to increasing community capacity for weight management a volunteer-delivered programme (ActWELL) initiated within breast screening clinics: a randomised controlled trial

Table 12 Breakdown of intervention costs per participant

Category	Component	Primary analysis	SA #1	SA #2	SA #3
Staff time	ActWELL Project Officer Salary	67,373	56,144	78,602	37,430
	Office Co-ordinator (equivalent salary £22,000 pa)	5192	5192	5192	5192
	Management Cost	30,288	30,288	30,288	10,500
	Hays - Temp recruitment	8250	8250	8250	8250
	Communications officer time (equivalent salary £32, 500 pa) 16 days	2000	2000	2000	2000
Staff training	ActWELL Project Officer Training & Associated costs	1040	1040	1040	1040
Staff travel	ActWELL Project Officer travel costs for meetings related to ActWELL (TMG and leisure centres)	741	741	741	741
Staff travel	ActWELL Project Officer Travel costs for volunteer support	1439	1439	1439	1439
Ad cost	Facebook paid for ads	250	250	250	250
Office supplies	ActWELL office supplies: Locking boxes for storing personal data, resources for events	189	189	189	189
Office supplies	ActWELL Postage for ActWELL packs and returning mobile phones	181	181	181	–
Coach training	Venue	–	–	–	–
	Accommodation	2943	2943	2943	2943
	Catering	2815	2815	2815	2815
	Trainer:
	A	2433	2433	2433	2433
	B	1265	1265	1265	1265
	C	999	999	999	999
	Coach pack	1642	1642	1642	1642
Delivery to participants	Mobile phone costs - coaches, equivalent annual cost at 3.5% per annum	1965	1965	1965	1965
	Travel expenses - coaches (intervention visits)	5631	5631	5631	5631
	Participant pack - production costs	4342	4342	4342	4342
Total cost	Sum of staff time, staff training, staff travel, ad cost, office supplies, coach training, delivery to participants	140,978	129,749	152,207	91,065
Cost per participant (£)	N = 279	505	465	546	326

Primary analysis: 60% time spent by project officer on intervention, Jan 2017-Dec 2019
Sensitivity Analysis 1 (SA#1): 50% time spent by project officer on intervention, Jan 2017-Dec 2019
Sensitivity Analysis 2 (SA#2): 70% time spent by project officer on intervention, Jan 2017-Dec 2019
Sensitivity Analysis 3 (SA#3): Costs expected when ActWELL is rolled out and in steady state (assumes only annual salary for project officer and 18% on-costs)

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