Interventions to improve the quality of low back pain care in emergency departments: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Low back pain (LBP) is a common reason people visit Emergency Departments (ED). However, the care provided is often not aligned with guideline recommendations. Despite increasing research aiming to promote guideline-based care in EDs, interventions to best implement recommendations are unknown. This study aimed to identify ED LBP implementation interventions that have been trialed and evaluate their effects on ED-relevant outcomes. A systematic review and meta-analysis, including studies that evaluated interventions to improve the quality of care provided to adults presenting to ED with LBP. Databases searched until May 2023 were Cochrane Library, CINAHL, EMBASE (via OVID), and PEDro. Interventions were categorized according to whether they had a patient, clinician, health service, or mult

SUBMITTER: Flanagan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11466992 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature