Effects of Including Epidemiologic Data in Lumbar Spine Imaging Reports on Prescribing Non-Opioid Medications for Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Information on the prevalence of common imaging findings among patients without back pain in spine imaging reports might affect pain medication prescribing for patients with back pain. Prior research on inserting this text suggested a small reduction in opioid prescribing.

Objective

To evaluate the effect of epidemiologic information in spine imaging reports on non-opioid pain medication prescribing for primary care patients with back pain.

Design

Post hoc analysis of the Lumbar Imaging with Reporting of Epidemiology cluster-randomized trial.

Participants

A total of 170,680 patients aged ≥ 18 years from four healthcare systems who received thoracolumbar, lumbar, or lumbosacral spine imaging from 2013 to 2016 and had not received a prescription for no

SUBMITTER: Marcum ZA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8342684 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature