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Participants were then directed to read three clinical vignettes of a person with low back pain and respond to questions regarding each vignette.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Primary outcomes were physiotherapists\u2019 intentions to refer for imaging and use electrotherapy for low back pain. Secondary outcomes were physiotherapists\u2019 intentions to use other treatments for low back pain, the influence of the recommendations on decision-making in the vignettes and familiarity with the recommendations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      723 participants opened the survey and 473 (65%) provided complete responses. Across all vignettes, there were no statistically significant differences in intentions to refer for imaging or use electrotherapy between those who received\n                      <jats:italic>Choosing Wisely recommendations<\/jats:italic>\n                      versus\n                      <jats:italic>no recommendation<\/jats:italic>\n                      (imaging ORs ranging from 0.7 (95% CI 0.5 to 1.0) to 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4); electrotherapy ORs ranging from 0.9 (0.5 to 1.7) to 1.1 (0.7 to 2.0)). Similarly, no significant differences were observed between those who received\n                      <jats:italic>optimised<\/jats:italic>\n                      versus\n                      <jats:italic>original recommendations<\/jats:italic>\n                      for all three vignettes.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study suggests simply presenting Choosing Wisely recommendations to physiotherapists does not influence their intentions to refer for imaging or use electrotherapy for low back pain, even if the language of the recommendations is optimised.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2024-097202","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,27]],"date-time":"2025-06-27T01:00:42Z","timestamp":1750986042000},"page":"e097202","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Effectiveness of Choosing Wisely recommendations in reducing physiotherapists\u2019 intentions to refer for imaging and use electrotherapy for low back pain: a randomised controlled experiment"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5384-6515","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Priti","family":"Kharel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1628-7857","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chris G","family":"Maher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"},{"name":"Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5578-4779","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrew R","family":"Gamble","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"},{"name":"Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8534-195X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giovanni E","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"},{"name":"Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8981-2125","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joshua R","family":"Zadro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"},{"name":"Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025121510422588000_15.6.e097202.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/art.34347"},{"key":"2025121510422588000_15.6.e097202.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/101053959901100110"},{"key":"2025121510422588000_15.6.e097202.3","unstructured":"Arthritis and Osteoporosis Victoria and Deloittes Access Economics . 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