Clinician education unlikely effective for guideline-adherent medication prescription in low back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effectiveness of implementing interventions to optimise guideline-recommended medical prescription in low back pain is not well established.

Methods

A systematic review and random-effects meta-analyses for dichotomous outcomes with a Paule-Mandel estimator. Five databases and reference lists were searched from inception to 4^th August 2021. Randomised controlled/clinical trials in adults with low back pain to optimise medication prescription were included. Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool and GRADE were implemented. The review was registered prospectively with PROSPERO (CRD42020219767).

Findings

Of 3352 unique records identified in the search, seven studies were included and five were eligible for meta-analysis (N=11339 participants). Six of seven stu

SUBMITTER: Belavy DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8741480 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature