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Long Term Outcomes of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections for Spinal Stenosis
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Individualized report for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Completed, enrolled 165 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Spinal stenosis is one of the most common causes of low back pain among older adults and can result in significant disability. Despite this, it still isn't known which treatments are most effective or what outcomes are most important to these older adults. Through a Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) contract, the investigators are building on the existing infrastructure of an AHRQ-funded (ARRA CHOICE award) comparative effectiveness research (CER) trial of epidural steroid injections (ESI) for spinal stenosis (the LESS trial) to address several critical research questions. The proposed study will answer the following key questions. Do decision aids tailored to older adults with spinal stenosis change patient decision-making regarding subsequent treatments? Do patients respond differently at subsequent outcome assessments time-points after receiving tailored decision aids that contain their own individual outcome data from prior treatments? The investigators hypothesize that providing these individualized reports will allow patients to make more informed choices regarding subsequent treatments, leading to reduced use of ineffective treatments and improved outcomes overall.
Study Details
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Interventions
Each patient will receive an individualized report that contains their own outcome data for the first years of the LESS trial (including pain and function following treatment with epidural injections)