The help for people with money, employment or housing problems (HOPE) intervention: pilot randomised trial with mixed methods feasibility research

Table 3 HOPE development and delivery costs

Development costs	Delivery costs
Development costs	Intervention group n = 13	Control group n = 6
Developing training content and manuals Hours, 30^a Cost per hour, £39^a Subtotal cost = £1170.31	Contact sessions Hours in total, 58 Cost per hour, £49.52^c Subtotal cost = £2872.16	Contact sessions Hours in total, 6 Cost per hour, £49.52 Subtotal cost = £297.12
Delivering training and refresher sessions Hours, 15.5^a and 10.5^b Cost per hour, £39^a and £20^b Subtotal cost = £604.66^a and £210.00^b	Travel to contact sessions Hours, 5 Cost per hour, £49.52 Subtotal cost = £247.60	Travel to contact sessions Hours, 1 Cost per hour, £49.52 Subtotal cost = £49.52
HOPE workers attending training^c sessions Hours: 33.25 Cost per hour, £12.65 Subtotal cost = £420.61	Administrative work Hours: 21.25 Cost per hour, £12.65 Subtotal cost = £268.81	Administrative work Hours: 3 Cost per hour, £12.65 Subtotal cost = £37.95
HOPE workers attending refresher sessions Hours, 9 Cost per hour, £12.65 Subtotal cost = £113.85	Travel expenses Frequency of journeys, 4^d Subtotal cost = £16.00	Travel expenses Frequency of journeys, 1 Subtotal cost = £4.00
Total development cost = £2519.43	Total intervention group cost = £3404.57	Total control group cost = £388.59

^aThe course materials were primarily developed and delivered by a health psychologist. ^bA research associate provided additional support in the delivery of the course. ^cDifferences in staff costs for training vs. contact sessions (£12.65 vs. £49.52) reflect differences in the Second Step payment schedules. ^dMost of the contact sessions took place at the Second Step office; therefore, there were very few instances where travel expenses were required, but likely to be some missing data too

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