Patients Decision-making in Rotator Cuff Surgery

Hospital del Mar

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rotator Cuff Disease

Treatments: Other: questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03205852

2014/5625/I

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect on patient treatment decision-making if information was given based on the benefit or on the side effect in rotator cuff disorders.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients diagnosed with rotator cuff tears at their first clinical visit

Exclusion criteria

• patients with a previous shoulder surgery, patients with worker's compensation and patients who were unwilling to participate and thereby not sign informed consent

Trial design

80 participants in 2 patient groups

group A (benefit-inform)

Description:

filling questionnaire based on benefits of surgery

Treatment:

Other: questionnaire

group B (side effect-inform)

Description:

filling questionnaire based on side-effects of surgery

Treatment:

Other: questionnaire