Cost-effectiveness of guideline-endorsed treatments for low back pain: a systematic review

European Spine Journal

Marion Haas³  Chris G. Maher¹  Luciana A. C. Machado⁴  Chung-Wei Christine Lin¹  Maurits W. van Tulder² 

[1]The George Institute for Global Health and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, PO Box M201, Missenden Rd, Sydney, NSW 2050 Australia

[2]Department of Health Sciences and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University, de Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

[3]Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, The University of Technology, PO Box 123, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007 Australia

[4]Departamento de Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av Antônio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901 Brazil

关键词: Low back pain;    Cost-effectiveness analysis;    Systematic review;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s00586-010-1676-3

学科分类：骨科学

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Healthcare costs for low back pain (LBP) are increasing rapidly. Hence, it is important to provide treatments that are effective and cost-effective. The purpose of this systematic review was to investigate the cost-effectiveness of guideline-endorsed treatments for LBP. We searched nine clinical and economic electronic databases and the reference list of relevant systematic reviews and included studies for eligible studies. Economic evaluations conducted alongside randomised controlled trials investigating treatments for LBP endorsed by the guideline of the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society were included. Two independent reviewers screened search results and extracted data. Data extracted included the type and perspective of the economic evaluation, the treatment comparators, and the relative cost-effectiveness of the treatment comparators. Twenty-six studies were included. Most studies found that interdisciplinary rehabilitation, exercise, acupuncture, spinal manipulation or cognitive-behavioural therapy were cost-effective in people with sub-acute or chronic LBP. Massage alone was unlikely to be cost-effective. There were inconsistent results on the cost-effectiveness of advice, insufficient evidence on spinal manipulation for people with acute LBP, and no evidence on the cost-effectiveness of medications, yoga or relaxation. This review found evidence supporting the cost-effectiveness of the guideline-endorsed treatments of interdisciplinary rehabilitation, exercise, acupuncture, spinal manipulation and cognitive-behavioural therapy for sub-acute or chronic LBP. There is little or inconsistent evidence for other treatments endorsed in the guideline.

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