Treatment of Dislexia in a Regular Orthography
Efficacy and Efficiency (cost-Effectiveness) Comparison Between Home vs Clinic-Based Treatments
P.E Tressoldi, Federica Brembati, Roberta Donini, Roberto Iozzino, Claudio Vio
In Europe’s Journal of Psycology
The outcomes of three treatments for dislexia, one clinic based and two home based, were compared using a quasi-sperimental design for their efficacy and efficiency in improving accuracy and fluency in reading in a large sample of italian students. The efficacy (cost effectiveness) comparison was based on tha ratio of gain score sto the number of hours of treatment.
Efficacy and efficiency measures yielded very different results. The efficacy comparison, shoewed a clear superiorità of the clinic based treatment. The efficacy comparison, on the other hand, showed the superiorità of a home-based treatment. The importance of considerino both efficacy and cost effectiveness in any comparison of treatment outcomes is discussed within the frame work of the dissemination of evidence-based treatment.
