Older Patient Preferences for Internal Fixation after a Distal Radius Fracture: A Qualitative Study from the Wrist and Radius Injury Surgical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Distal radius fracture treatments provide similar functional outcomes. It has been hypothesized that the use of internal fixation is increasing because of physician preferences. The multisite randomized Wrist and Radius Injury Surgical Trial provides a unique opportunity to examine patient preferences in the absence of surgeon influence. The authors' objective was to investigate patient preference for internal fixation even after being informed of the equipoise among treatments.

Methods

The authors performed 30 semistructured interviews with older individuals, all older than 60 years, approached at their institution for the Wrist and Radius Injury Surgical Trial. The authors' sample included three groups: those with a preference for internal fixation (n = 11), tho

SUBMITTER: Nasser JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6026018 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature