Answer 11

Actually the authors did address costs - cost of mattress €450. No benefit, however, was demonstrated in this trial because it was underpowered so we think the answer is CAN'T TELL.

Were a larger trial conducted to confirm that the results in this trial were not just a chance occurrence, we think that the benefits would be worth the cost.

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