Effectiveness of strategies for implementing guideline-concordant care in low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

International low back pain guidelines recommend providing education/advice to patients, discouraging routine imaging use, and encouraging judicious prescribing of analgesics. However, practice variation occurs and the effectiveness of implementation strategies to promote guideline-concordant care is unclear. This review aims to comprehensively evaluate the effectiveness of implementation strategies to promote guideline-concordant care for low back pain.

Methods

Five databases (including MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) were searched from inception until 22nd August 2024. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated strategies to promote guideline-concordant care (pr

SUBMITTER: Zhao S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12766490 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature