Study Design: Analysis of baseline data for patients enrolled in Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT), a project conducting three randomized and three observational cohort studies of surgical and nonoperative treatments for intervertebral disc herniation (IDH), spinal stenosis (SpS), and degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS).
Objective: To explore racial variation in treatment preferences and willingness to be randomized.
Summary Of Background Data: Increasing minority participation in research has been a priority at the NIH.