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Trial reportJMIR mental health2025

Cost-Effectiveness of Internet-Delivered Emotion Regulation Therapy for Adolescents With Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Within-Trial Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Johan Bjureberg, Olivia Ojala, Björn Rasmusson, Jessica Malmgren, Clara Hellner, Filipa Sampaio, Oskar Flygare

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Trial report in JMIR mental health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Johan BjurebergCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Norra Stationsgatan 69, Stockholm, 113 64, Sweden, 46 730917112.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2747-9990
Olivia OjalaCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Norra Stationsgatan 69, Stockholm, 113 64, Sweden, 46 730917112.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8581-3083
Björn RasmussonCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Norra Stationsgatan 69, Stockholm, 113 64, Sweden, 46 730917112.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-1068-2618
Jessica MalmgrenCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Norra Stationsgatan 69, Stockholm, 113 64, Sweden, 46 730917112.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-8288-7120
Clara HellnerCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Norra Stationsgatan 69, Stockholm, 113 64, Sweden, 46 730917112.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8375-9447
Filipa SampaioDepartment of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5540-9853
Oskar FlygareCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Norra Stationsgatan 69, Stockholm, 113 64, Sweden, 46 730917112.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2017-3940

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is common among adolescents and is associated with adverse clinical outcomes, as well as suicidal behavior. Current treatments are resource-intensive and may not be accessible to all adolescents with NSSI. Internet-delivered emotion regulation individual therapy for adolescents (IERITA) with NSSI disorder is a promising treatment option, but its cost-effectiveness is unknown. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of IERITA for adolescents with NSSI disorder. Methods: Within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis of a randomized controlled trial at three child and adolescent mental health services in Sweden (n=166). A total of 12 weeks of IERITA plus treatment as usual (TAU) versus TAU only were compared. The primary outcome was the frequency of NSSI at 1-month posttreatment. Secondary outcomes were NSSI remission and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). Results: IERITA led to reductions in NSSI frequency, a higher proportion of participants with NSSI remission, and more QALYs at 1-month posttreatment, at additional health care costs of US $3663 (95% CI US $2182-$5002) and societal costs of US $4458 (95% CI US $-577 to $9509). The incremental cost of one additional NSSI remission at 1-month posttreatment was US $18,677, and the incremental cost per QALY gained was US $792,244 for IERITA+TAU relative to TAU. IERITA had an 8% probability of being cost-effective at a societal willingness-to-pay threshold of US $84,000 for one QALY at 1-month posttreatment, which increased to 18% at 3-months posttreatment. Conclusions: IERITA delivered adjunctive to TAU led to improvements in NSSI frequency, remission, and QALYs, at additional costs compared to TAU only. This study provides an estimate of the additional cost of delivering IERITA; however, future studies should include longer follow-up periods to better assess the magnitude of the effects on QALYs and societal costs.

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Cost-Benefit AnalysisEmotional RegulationInternetInternet-Based InterventionSelf-Injurious BehaviorAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMaleQuality-Adjusted Life YearsSwedenTreatment Outcomecost-effectivenessemotion regulation therapyinternet-delivered treatmentnonsuicidal self-injuryself-harm

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PMCPMC12382421

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