Decision Making in Hypothetical Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Stanford University488 enrolled

Overview

Participants will be presented with a hypothetical scenario of carpal tunnel and asked to make a decision for that case.

Participants will be randomized into 1 of 2 groups and receive a hypothetical scenario of carpal tunnel, with or without cost information, and asked to decide if that hypothetical patient should undergo a carpal tunnel release.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

488

Conditions

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

Cost InformationOTHER

participants will be given information on the personal and societal costs

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * patients presenting to hand clinic OR mturk workers * age 18 or older Exclusion Criteria: * traumatic mechanism of injury

Locations (1)

Stanford Health Care

Redwood City, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Decision to have Treatment

Participants are asked to answer "Should you get surgery right now," with the options of definitely yes, probably, maybe, maybe not, probably not, and definitely not

Time frame: immediately after completing survey

Secondary Outcomes

Opinion on healthcare costs

a 7 item, likert response questionnaire used to elicit participant opinions on cost in health care. This is a non-validated tool.

Time frame: immediately after completing survey

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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