Patient Satisfaction Scales

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: New or Follow-up Patients; All Orthopedic Disorders

Treatments: Other: Visual analog scale with 3 anchors and numbers; Other: 5 anchors and no numbers; Other: 5 anchors and numbers; Other: Visual analog scale with 3 anchors and no numbers

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03686735

2018-04-0039

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to assess differences between 4 types of single satisfaction measures. Secondly, if there is a difference in satisfaction between English speaking and Spanish speaking patients.

Enrollment: 256 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All new or return patients seeing a UE / LE surgeon
• Age 18-89
• Able to provide informed consent
• English speaking
• UT Health Austin Musculoskeletal Institute, Austin Regional Clinic, Seton Institute for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Orthopaedic Specialists of Austin, Texas Orthopedics, and ATX Ortho.

Exclusion criteria

• Not fluent in English

Trial design

256 participants in 4 patient groups

Satisfaction measure 1

Description:

25% of the cohort

Treatment:

Other: 5 anchors and numbers

Satisfaction measure 2

Description:

25% of the cohort

Treatment:

Other: 5 anchors and no numbers

Satisfaction measure 3

Description:

25% of the cohort

Treatment:

Other: Visual analog scale with 3 anchors and numbers

Satisfaction measure 4

Description:

25% of the cohort

Treatment:

Other: Visual analog scale with 3 anchors and no numbers