Gemma Altinger, Sweekriti Sharma, Chris G Maher, Louise Cullen, Kirsten McCaffery, Jeffrey A Linder, Rachelle Buchbinder, Ian A Harris, Enrico Coiera, Qiang Li, Kirsten Howard, Andrew Coggins, Paul M Middleton, Naren Gunja, Ian Ferguson, Trevor Chan, Karen Tambree, Ajay Varshney, Adrian C Traeger
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 behavioural 'nudge' interventions on low-value care for ED patients with low back pain. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: NUDG-ED is a 2×2 factorial, open-label, before-after, cluster randomised controlled trial...
March 28, 2024: BMJ Open