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- Title
A Simple Goal Elicitation Tool Improves Shared Decision Making in Outpatient Orthopedic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Authors
Mertz, Kevin; Shah, Romil F.; Eppler, Sara L.; Yao, Jeffrey; Safran, Marc; Palanca, Ariel; Hu, Serena S.; Gardner, Michael; Amanatullah, Derek F.; Kamal, Robin N.
- Abstract
Introduction. Shared decision making involves educating the patient, eliciting their goals, and collaborating on a decision for treatment. Goal elicitation is challenging for physicians as previous research has shown that patients do not bring up their goals on their own. Failure to properly elicit patient goals leads to increased patient misconceptions and decisional conflict. We performed a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of a simple goal elicitation tool in improving patient involvement in decision making. Methods. We conducted a randomized, single-blind study of new patients presenting to a single, outpatient surgical center. Prior to their consultation, the intervention group received a demographics questionnaire and a goal elicitation worksheet. The control group received a demographics questionnaire only. After the consultation, both groups were asked to complete the Perceived Involvement in Care Scale (PICS) survey. We compared the mean PICS scores for the intervention and control groups using a nonparametric Mann-Whitney Wilcoxon test. Secondary analysis included a qualitative content analysis of the patient goals. Results. Our final cohort consisted of 96 patients (46 intervention, 50 control). Both groups were similar in terms of demographic composition. The intervention group had a significantly higher mean (SD) PICS score compared to the control group (9.04 [2.15] v. 7.54 [2.27], P < 0.01). Thirty-nine percent of patient goals were focused on receiving a diagnosis or treatment, while 21% of patients wanted to receive education regarding their illness or their treatment options. Discussion. A single-step goal elicitation tool was effective in improving patient-perceived involvement in their care. This tool can be efficiently implemented in both academic and nonacademic settings.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; CONTENT analysis; DECISION making; GOAL (Psychology); OUTPATIENT services in hospitals; EVALUATION of medical care; ORTHOPEDIC surgery; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; SECONDARY analysis; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; BLIND experiment; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test
- Publication
Medical Decision Making, 2020, Vol 40, Issue 6, p766
- ISSN
0272-989X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0272989X20943520