Research designs and instruments to detect physiotherapy overuse of low-value care services in low back pain management: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The provision of low-value care services in low back pain management is a problem of global scope. Inappropriate imaging, overmedication, and overused invasive therapies are prevalent in physician services. Yet, little is known about overused low-value physiotherapy services. Most studies addressing physiotherapy overuse in low back pain management arose from countries in which physiotherapy is established in primary care. However, measures and instruments addressing physiotherapy overuse limitedly fit legislative conditions of health systems in which physiotherapy is a service of secondary care. Thus, this scoping review's purpose is to map existing research designs and instruments aiming to detect overused low-value physiotherapy services taking specific healthcare set

SUBMITTER: Kuhn L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9536019 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature