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- The study aimed to assess the impact of the SPLIT program on reducing back-related disability in patients with low back pain in primary care settings.
- A before-and-after analysis was conducted with two groups: one receiving usual care and the other undergoing the SPLIT program, which involved targeted physical therapy based on the STarT Back Screening Tool.
- Results indicated that the SPLIT program led to significant improvements in disability, pain levels, treatment effectiveness, and overall quality of life compared to the usual care group.
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Purpose: To determine the effects of stratified primary care for low back pain (SPLIT program) in decreasing back-related disability for patients with low back pain (LBP) in primary care.
Methods: We conducted a before-and-after study. We compared health-related outcomes for 2 sequential, independent cohorts of patients with LBP recruited at 7 primary care units in Portugal. The first prospective cohort study characterized usual care (UC) and collected data from February to September 2018. The second was performed when the SPLIT program was implemented and collected data from November 2018 to October 2021. Between cohorts, physical therapists were trained in the implementation of the SPLIT program, which used the STarT Back Screening Tool to categorize patients for matched treatment. We compared back-related disability (Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire, 0-24 points), pain (Numeric Pain Rating Scale, 0-10 points), perceived effect of treatment (Global Perceived Effect Scale, -5 to +5 points), and health-related quality of life (EuroQoL 5 dimensions 3 levels index, 0-1 points).
Results: We enrolled a total of 447 patients: 115 in the UC cohort (mostly treated with pharmacologic treatment) and 332 in the SPLIT cohort (all referred for a physical therapy intervention program). Over the study period of 6 months, patients in the SPLIT program showed significantly greater improvements in back-related disability (ß, -2.94; 95% CI, -3.63 to -2.24; ≤ .001), pain (ß, -0.88; 95% CI, -1.18 to -0.57; ≤ .001), perceived effect of treatment (ß, 1.40; 95% CI, 0.97 to 1.82; ≤ .001), and health-related quality of life (ß, 0.11; 95% CI, 0.08 to 0.14; ≤ .001) compared with UC.
Conclusions: Patients in the SPLIT program for LBP showed greater benefits regarding health-related outcomes than those receiving UC.
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