Surgeon Personality, Time Spent With the Patient, and Quality of Facilities Are the Most Important Factors to Patients in Selecting an Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Surgeon.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the most important factors to patients across the United States in selecting an orthopaedic sports medicine surgeon.

Methods

In this cross-sectional survey study, adult U.S. residents were surveyed using Amazon Mechanical Turk, a validated survey tool. Data included demographics and the relative importance of both pre-office and in-office factors that determine how patients select an orthopaedic sports medicine surgeon. Results were compiled, and factors were compared by patient demographics.

Results

Of 1,074 respondents, 56.3% were male, and 60.0% were 25 to 40 years old. Responses were geographically diverse. The most important factors in selecting a sports medicine surgeon (graded on a 0-10 scale) were surgeon professionalism and personality (6

SUBMITTER: Engler ID 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9210365 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature