Is an enhanced behaviour change intervention cost-effective compared with physiotherapy for patients with chronic low back pain? Results from a multicentre trial in Israel.

CONCLUSIONS: The enhanced transtheoretical model intervention appears to be a very cost-effective intervention leading to improved outcomes for low cost. Given limitations within this study, there is justification for examining the intervention within a larger, long-term randomised controlled trial.
TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT01631344; Pre-results.
PMID: 29643158 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Pain Physician - April 10, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Canaway A, Pincus T, Underwood M, Shapiro Y, Chodick G, Ben-Ami N Tags: BMJ Open Source Type: research