Author/Authors :
-، - نويسنده Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Yawkey
Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA Hageman, Michiel , -، - نويسنده Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Yawkey
Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA Bossen, Jeroen , -، - نويسنده Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Yawkey
Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA Neuhaus, Valentin , -، - نويسنده Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Yawkey
Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA Mudgal, Chaitanya , -، - نويسنده Chief Orthopaedic Hand Service, Yawkey Center,
Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, USA Ring, David , -، - نويسنده Abzug M. Joshua, Julie Adams, Gallo Fabio Arbelaez, T. Aspard, George W. Balfour, Brent
H. Bamberger, Jose Camilo Barreto Romero, Michael Baskies, Arnnold W. Batson, Taizoon Baxamusa, Ram?n De Bedout,
Steven Beldner, Prosper Benhaim, Variation Group, Science
Abstract :
Background: As part of the process of developing a decision aid for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) according to the Ottawa Decision Support Framework, we were interested in the level of ‘decisional conflict’ of hand surgeons and patients with CTS. This study addresses the null hypothesis that there is no difference between surgeon and patient decisional conflict with respect to test and treatment options for CTS. Secondary analyses assess the impact of patient and physician demographics and the strength of the patient-physician relationship on decisional conflict. Methods: One-hundred-twenty-three observers of the Science of Variation Group (SOVG) and 84 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome completed a survey regarding the Decisional Conflict Scale. Patients also filled out the Pain Self-efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) and the Patient Doctor Relationship Questionnaire (PDRQ-9). Results: On average, patients had significantly greater decision conflict and scored higher on most subscales of the decisional conflict scale than hand surgeons.Factors associated with greater decision conflict were specific hand surgeon, less self-efficacy (confidence that one can achieve one’s goals in spite of pain), and higher PDRQ (relationship between patient and doctor). Surgeons from Europe have--on average--significantly more decision conflict than surgeons in the United States of America. Conclusions: Patients with CTS have more decision conflict than hand surgeons. Decision aids might help narrow this gap in decisional conflict.
