How outcome prediction could affect patient decision making in knee replacements: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is approximately a 17 % dissatisfaction rate with knee replacements. Calls for tools that can pre-operatively identify patients at risk of being dissatisfied have been widespread. However, it is not known how to present such information to patients, how it would affect their decision making process, and at what part of the pathway such a tool should be used.

Methods

Using focus groups involving 12 participants and in-depth interviews with 10 participants, we examined how individual predictions of outcome could affect patients' decision making by providing fictitious predictions to patients at different stages of treatment. A thematic analysis was used to analyse the data.

Results

Our results demonstrate several interesting findings. Firstly, patients

SUBMITTER: Barlow T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4957427 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature