The Patient's Experience With Physician Assistant Providers (PEPAP)

Desert Orthopedic Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Joint Diseases, Midlevel Providers, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Patient Perceptions, Patient Preferences

Treatments: Other: Biosketch Card

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05104879

DOC0001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our investigation was a prospective cross-sectional survey evaluating the patient experience to new patients that presented to an outpatient private practice specialized in total joint reconstruction. New patients seeing a PA during their initial visit were randomized to intervention and control groups and all were given a descriptive survey at checkout. Inclusion criteria (1) new patient (2) English speaking (3) appointment with PA. There was no exclusion criteria. Eligible patients were randomized to the intervention group (received biosketch card) or the control group (no card) using random number generator. Patients within the intervention group received a biosketch card during rooming, pre-clinician encounter, and were not informed about involvement. Both groups received standard care that was independent of the study. To blind the outcome measure, the research assistant did not explain the reason for the card upon rooming. The provider PA was not informed which patient received the card. Upon discharge, the patient completed a five-question survey regarding the clinic visit.

Enrollment: 192 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• New Patient
• Appointment with a PA

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English Speaker

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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192 participants in 2 patient groups

Biosketch Card

Experimental group

Description:

Patients within the experimental group received a biosketch card during rooming, pre-clinician encounter, and were not informed about their involvement. To blind the outcome measure, the research assistant did not explain the reason for the card upon rooming the patient nor did they inform the midlevel provider.

Treatment:

Other: Biosketch Card

No Card

No Intervention group

Description:

No bio sketch card was provided to these participants.