Trial reportBMJ open2025
Effectiveness of Choosing Wisely recommendations in reducing physiotherapists' intentions to refer for imaging and use electrotherapy for low back pain: a randomised controlled experiment.
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Abstract
questionWhat is the effect of Choosing Wisely recommendations on physiotherapists' intentions to refer for imaging and use electrotherapy for low back pain?
designThree-arm parallel-group online randomised controlled trial.
participantsPhysiotherapists who treat people with low back pain.
interventionParticipants were randomised to receive: (a) two OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary outcomes were physiotherapists' intentions to refer for imaging and use electrotherapy for low back pain. Secondary outcomes were physiotherapists' intentions to use other treatments for low back pain, the influence of the recommendations on decision-making in the vignettes and familiarity with the recommendations.
results723 participants opened the survey and 473 (65%) provided complete responses. Across all vignettes, there were no statistically significant differences in intentions to refer for imaging or use electrotherapy between those who received
conclusionOur study suggests simply presenting Choosing Wisely recommendations to physiotherapists does not influence their intentions to refer for imaging or use electrotherapy for low back pain, even if the language of the recommendations is optimised.
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