Is the outcome for patients with low back pain influenced by GP's referral for plain radiography

ISRCTN	ISRCTN84969019
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN84969019
Protocol serial number	HTA 93/17/11
Sponsor	Department of Health (UK)
Funder	NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme - HTA (UK)

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Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Mrs Sally Kerry
Scientific

Dept of General Practice & Primary Care
St Georges Hospital Medical School
Hunter Wing
Cranmer Terrace
Tooting
London
SW17 0RE
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 020 8725 2785
Email	sgjdgp2@sghms.ac.uk

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title	Is the outcome for patients with low back pain influenced by GP's referral for plain radiography
Study objectives	A study in general practice to compare short- and long-term outcomes for patients with low back pain who are referred or not referred for lumbar spine X-ray after first presentation.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Musculoskeletal diseases: Spinal conditions
Intervention	Randomised controlled trial (RCT) in UK general practices, with an observational arm to enable comparisons to be made with patients not recruited to the trial. Random allocation to immediate referral for X-ray or not.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Roland and Morris disability, Hospital Anxiety and Depression, EuroQol, Short Form with 36 items (SF-36), consultations and referrals at 6 weeks and 1 year.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration.
Completion date	31/03/1999

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	All
Key inclusion criteria	Patients who consulted their general practitioner (GP) with low back pain and who had not consulted in the previous 4 weeks.
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration.
Date of first enrolment	01/10/1995
Date of final enrolment	31/03/1999

Dept of General Practice & Primary Care

London
SW17 0RE
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan	Not provided at time of registration

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	HTA monograph	01/12/2000		Yes	No

08/11/2022: Internal review.