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Radiography of the lumbar spine in primary care patients with low back pain: randomised controlled trial.

Abstract：

OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that radiography of the lumbar spine in patients with low back pain is not associated with improved clinical outcomes or satisfaction with care. DESIGN:Randomised unblinded controlled trial. SETTING:73 general practices in Nottingham, north Nottinghamshire, southern Derbyshire, north Lincolnshire, and north Leicestershire. 52 practices recruited participants to the trial. SUBJECTS:421 patients with low back pain of a median duration of 10 weeks. INTERVENTION:Radiography of the lumbar spine. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Roland adaptation of the sickness impact profile, visual analogue scale for pain, health status, EuroQol, satisfaction with care, use of primary and secondary care services, and reporting of low back pain at three and nine months after randomisation. RESULTS:The intervention group were more likely to report low back pain at three months (relative risk 1.26, 95% confidence interval 1.00 to 1.60) and had a lower overall health status score and borderline higher Roland and pain scores. A higher proportion of participants consulted their doctor in the three months after radiography (1.62, 1.33 to 1.97). Satisfaction with care was greater in the group receiving radiography at nine but not three months after randomisation. Overall, 80% of participants in both groups at three and nine months would have radiography if the choice was available. An abnormal finding on radiography made no difference to the outcome, as measured by the Roland score. CONCLUSIONS:Radiography of the lumbar spine in primary care patients with low back pain of at least six weeks' duration is not associated with improved patient functioning, severity of pain, or overall health status but is associated with an increase in doctor workload. Guidelines on the management of low back pain in primary care should be consistent about not recommending radiography of the lumbar spine in patients with low back pain in the absence of indicators for serious spinal disease, even if it has persisted for at least six weeks. Patients receiving radiography are more satisfied with the care they received. The challenge for primary care is to increase satisfaction without recourse to radiography.

journal_name

BMJ

journal_title

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors

Kendrick D,Fielding K,Bentley E,Kerslake R,Miller P,Pringle M

doi

10.1136/bmj.322.7283.400

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-02-17 00:00:00

pages

400-5

issue

7283

eissn

0959-8138

issn

1756-1833

journal_volume

322

pub_type

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Radiography of the lumbar spine in primary care patients with low back pain: randomised controlled trial.