Development and Validation of an Orthopedic Visit Prompt List

Investigators are interested to see whether patients who received a visit question prompt list before the consultation ask more questions, feel more actively involved in their healthcare, and think of their surgeon as being more empathetic.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Prompt list

Detailed Description

Visiting a doctor with a musculoskeletal problem can be quite a daunting experience for patients. A visit question prompt list may help to empower patients and increase their role in active decision-making. Previous studies have shown that patient activation is correlated with a disability, pain intensity, and satisfaction with treatment. Perceived empathy is strongly associated with satisfaction among people with arm problems. A list that prompts patients to ask about things that matter to them, might improve their connection with the surgeon and their perceived empathy. The investigators are interested to see whether patients who received a visit question prompt list before the consultation ask more questions, feel more actively involved in their healthcare, and think of their surgeon as being more empathetic.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 128
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Austin, Texas, United States, 78712
      • UT Health Austin

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 89 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients (18+)
• Orthopedic visit

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are illiterate.
• Patients who do not speak English.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Standard care; will not review a prompt list before their visit.
Experimental: Prompt list; The patients in the intervention group will review a prompt list before their visit.	Other: Prompt list; The patients in the intervention group will review a prompt list before their visit.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Decisional Conflict Scale	Questionnaire assessing decision conflict	Baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Jefferson Scale of Patient's Perceptions of Physician Empathy	Patient perceived of physician empathy as measured by the JSPPE	Baseline
Patient Activation Measure-13	Patient activation as measured by PAM-13	Baseline
Satisfaction scale	Questionnaire measuring to what degree patients are satisfied with the care they received.	Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: David Ring, MD, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 13, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 23, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): July 1, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 28, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 27, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Orthopedics
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2017-02-0122

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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