Does Goal Elicitation Improve Patient Perceived Involvement

Does Goal Elicitation Improve Patient Perceived Involvement?

The purpose of this study is to determine if goal elicitation among orthopaedic patients improves their perceived involvement in care.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Orthopedic Disorder
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Goal elicitation

Detailed Description

This is a RCT with 2 intervention arms. In the first arm, the control arm, patients will be asked to complete a short questionnaire after their visit, to elicit demographic information and perceived involvement in care. The second arm, the intervention arm, will be asked to list 2 goals for their visit and complete a short questionnaire after their visit, to elicit demographic information and perceived involvement in care.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 90
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Redwood City, California, United States, 94063
      • Stanford Health Care

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• New patients visiting the orthopaedic service
• English fluency and literacy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Returning patients
• Children
• Non-English speaking patients

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control; Patients in the control group will be asked to complete a demographics survey and assess their perceived involvement in care after their visit
Experimental: Goal elicitation; Patients in the intervention group will be asked to list 2 goals for their visit. They will also be asked to complete a demographics survey and access their perceived involvement in care after their visit.	Other: Goal elicitation; Patients will be asked to list 2 goals for their visit

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Perceived Involvement in Care Scale (PICS)	PICS measures the following: doctor facilitation of patient involvement, level of information exchange, and patient participation in decision making. Scale: 0-13, higher score means higher perceived involvement.	Immediately after visit

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Stanford University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Robin N Kamal, MD, Stanford University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 1, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 19, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): November 19, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 22, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 22, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): August 24, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 10, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 8, 2019
• Last Verified: April 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: 45823

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: IPD will not be shared for this study.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No