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Table 2 Resource cost inputs, 2020 US dollarsa

From: Costs associated with treatment of insomnia in Alzheimer’s disease caregivers: a comparison of mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia

Resource

MAP-I

CBT-I

FTE Hourly Ratesb

 Instructors

$27

$82

 Research assistant

$34

 Project manager

$46

 Participants

$12

 Other AD caregiversc

$12

Other Intervention Set-up Costs

Instructor Trainingd

 Courses

$7200

$800

 Manuals, materials

$200

 Supervisor timee

$700

 Fellowships

 

$575

 Retreats

$4000

 Exams

$250

Fixed Equipment

 Meditation bell

$23

 Laptop computer

$313

Other Variable Resource Costs

 Compact disc (each)

$1

  1. CBT-I Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, FTE Full-time equivalent, MAP-I Mindful awareness practices for insomnia
  2. aHourly FTE rates rounded to nearest $1, all other values rounded to nearest $10. Time-dependent resources not listed in this table because only human resource time (estimated using FTE hourly rates) is included in this category
  3. bBased on annual salary + fringe benefits, assuming a 2088-h work year
  4. cAD caregivers separate from study participants to care for the AD patients while study participants travel to/from and participate in the intervention
  5. dNot including instructor training time
  6. eTo sit for the exam, the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine recommends 250 h of behavioral sleep medicine work under consultation with an expert, with at least 1 h/week of supervisor consultation; assuming 40-h weeks equates with a minimum of 6.25 direct supervision cases which are rounded up to 7 to avoid person-divisibility and assuming supervisor hourly FTE rate of $100