Non-Pharmacological Therapies vs. Prescription Drug Therapy for Care of Aged Medicare Beneficiaries with Spinal Pain (NCCIH R15)
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Not specified
Deadline✓ Verified
Jul 31, 2028
Funder
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
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open to all
About This Grant
PROJECT SUMMARY Spinal Pain (SP) is highly prevalent, costly, and a leading cause of disability, but the management of SP in the United States tends to be inefficient, costly, and sometimes hazardous. Thus, there is an acute need to identify safe, high-quality management strategies for patients with SP. Because SP is often persistent, many patients feel compelled to seek ongoing care, but the chronic use of PDT (primarily opioids and NSAIDs) for SP raises safety concerns. Because the prevalence of SP increases with age, the need for high-quality spine care is critical for older adults with NP, who tend to be comorbid, vulnerable to adverse events, and prone to the utilization of high-cost interventions. Prescription drug therapy (PDT) and non-pharmacological therapies (NPT) which have been shown to offer similar effectiveness in systematic reviews, are widely used treatment strategies for SP, but their comparative quality and value for older adults with SP is uncertain. There is, there
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