Does Goal Elicitation Improve Patient Perceived Involvement

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Orthopedic Disorder

Treatments: Other: Goal elicitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03645135

45823

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

• Returning patients
• Children
• Non-English speaking patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients in the control group will be asked to complete a demographics survey and assess their perceived involvement in care after their visit

Goal elicitation

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Goal elicitation