Intervention cost
contracture
The costs related to the intervention arm of the trial were summed to give the
total cost per participant (NHS costs). Where possible, unit costs for the UK
were applied (e.g. Personal Social Services Research Unit, British National
FormularySummary of all intervention costs.Resource use analysis is presented in Between-group analysis of resources and costs.The mean contracture cost for the treatment group was £817 while the costs for
the control group was £2298. This was statistically significant
(The change in Barthel Index scores between baseline and six months was lower in
the control group (mean 7.3 (SD 6.0)) compared to the treatment group (mean 8.1
(SD 5.0)). The mean difference was 0.8 and not statistically significant (95% CI
−1.5, 3.3, 