Musculoskeletal patients' preferences for care from physiotherapists or support workers: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delegation of clinical tasks from physiotherapists to physiotherapy support workers is common yet varies considerably in musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy services, leading to variation in patient care. This study aimed to explore patients' preferences and estimate specific trade-offs patients are willing to make in treatment choices when treated in musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy services.

Methods

A discrete choice experiment was conducted using an efficient design with 16 choice scenarios, divided into two blocks. Adult patients with musculoskeletal conditions recruited from a physiotherapy service completed a cross-sectional, online questionnaire. Choice data analyses were conducted using a multinomial logit model. The marginal rate of substitut

SUBMITTER: Sarigiovannis P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411776 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature