Behavioural ‘nudging’ interventions to reduce low-value care for low back pain in the emergency department (NUDG-ED): protocol for a 2×2 factorial, before-after, cluster randomised trial

Introduction Opioids and imaging are considered low-value care for most people with low back pain. Yet around one in three people presenting to the emergency department (ED) will receive imaging, and two in three will receive an opioid. NUDG-ED aims to determine the effectiveness of two different be...

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Main Authors: Rachelle Buchbinder, Matthew Smith, Ian A Harris, Enrico Coiera, Adrian C Traeger, Chris G Maher, Kirsten Howard, Kirsten McCaffery, Qiang Li, Jeffrey A Linder, James McAuley, Louise Cullen, Ian Ferguson, Sweekriti Sharma, Elise Tcharkhedian, Janet Harrison, Naren Gunja, Gustavo Machado, Richard McNulty, Mark Salter, Paul M Middleton, Ahilan Parameswaran, Kitty Duong, Andrew Coggins, Zoe Michaleff, Gemma Altinger, Trevor Chan, Karen Tambree, Ajay Varshney, Jeremy Lawrence, Kevin Pile, Richard Cracknell, Kara Goon, Daryn Mitford, Raymond Morgan, James Mallows, Kelly Bivona, Helen Zaouk, Brendon Shapter, Jim Basilakis, Helen Badge, Michael Meller, Robyn Linder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2024-03-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/3/e079870.full

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