Effect of Low Back Pain Risk-Stratification Strategy on Patient Outcomes and Care Processes: the MATCH Randomized Trial in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The STarT Back strategy for categorizing and treating patients with low back pain (LBP) improved patients' function while reducing costs in England.

Objective

This trial evaluated the effect of implementing an adaptation of this approach in a US setting.

Design

The Matching Appropriate Treatments to Consumer Healthcare needs (MATCH) trial was a pragmatic cluster randomized trial with a pre-intervention baseline period. Six primary care clinics were pair randomized, three to training in the STarT Back strategy and three to serve as controls.

Participants

Adults receiving primary care for non-specific LBP were invited to provide data 2 weeks after their primary care visit and follow-up data 2 and 6 months (primary endpoint) later.

Interventions

SUBMITTER: Cherkin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082187 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature