Randomize Everyone is a research project to develop new informatics systems and statistical methods for supporting randomization processes in EHR systems to do comparative effectiveness research. Two demonstration projects are being conducted in the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, designed to evaluate different weight loss interventions and common practices in the treatment of chronic low back pain.
EHR Embedded Comparative Effectiveness Studies-CPS will be held in the Center for Pain and Spine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. This study consists of randomizing enrollees to either activity restriction or no activity restriction following lumbar discectomy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
37
Standard post-operative activity instructions (i.e., no bending, twisting, or lifting more than 10 lbs for 4 weeks, no return to work until cleared to do so).
Instructions advising activity as tolerated and return to work based on patient discretion
Dartmouth-HItchcock
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
Compliance Rate With Assigned Treatment
Compliance with assigned treatment as measured by presence of appropriate surgical discharge instructions.
Time frame: Upon completion of surgery approximately 24 days post-randomization
Percentage Eligible Patients Participating in Study
Percentage of those identified as being eligible who were enrolled.
Time frame: 1 day, during the recruitment period from October 23 2020 to August 7, 2021
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