Highlights
- •The surgical group showed a significantly higher median pre-treatment expectation score than the conservative group.
- •The pre-treatment expectation score was a predictor of the post-treatment expectation fulfillment and PRWE scores only in the surgical group.
Abstract
Background
The influence of patient expectations on patient-rated outcomes (PRO) after elective
orthopedic procedures has been addressed in previous studies. However, the influence
of pre-treatment expectations on post-treatment PRO was rarely examined in patients
with extremity fractures.
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to determine if pre-treatment expectations have an effect
on post-treatment expectation fulfillment or PRO in patients surgically and conservatively
managed for distal radius fractures (DRFs).
Study design
Prospective cohort study
Methods
For this study, 114 consecutive patients treated for DRF between January 2017 and
February 2018 were enrolled. Of the 114 patients, 81 underwent surgical treatment
(surgical group), and 33 were managed conservatively (conservative group). All patients
completed a 7-item pre-treatment expectation questionnaire initially. There were 66
patients in the surgical group and 25 patients in the conservative group available
at the 1-year follow-up and completed a 6-item post-treatment expectation fulfillment
questionnaire and patient-reported wrist evaluation (PRWE) questionnaire.
Results
The surgical group showed a significantly higher median pre-treatment expectation
score than the conservative group. However, no significant differences in post-treatment
expectation fulfillment scores and PRWE scores were observed between groups. Higher
pre-treatment expectation score was moderately correlated with higher post-treatment
expectation fulfillment score (r = 0.36, P = 0.003) and lower PRWE score (r = -0.3, P = 0.02) in the surgical group. However, the pre-treatment expectation score was not
significantly correlated with the post-treatment expectation fulfillment score (r = -0.09,
P = 0.65) or PRWE score (r = -0.02, P = 0.93) in conservative group. In the surgical group, multivariable linear regression
analysis showed that post-treatment expectation fulfilment score could be explained
by the pre-treatment expectation score (Beta = 0.41, P = 0.001), accounting for 15% of the variance, and PRWE score was also explained by
the pre-treatment expectation score (Beta = 0.39, P = 0.001), accounting for 14% of the variance.
Conclusions
In conclusion, higher pre-treatment expectation score was moderately correlated with
higher the post-treatment expectation fulfillment score and lower PRWE score, and
the pre-treatment expectation score could only explain a small amount of variance
seen in the post-treatment expectation fulfillment and PRWE scores in the surgical
group. However, there was no association between the pre-treatment expectation score
and the post-treatment expectation fulfillment score or the PRWE score in the conservative
group.
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- # 1.The of the 114 patients, approximately
- a.70% were managed conservatively
- b.70% underwent surgery
- c.90 % underwent surgery
- d.90% were managed conservatively
- a.
- # 2.During pre-treatment expectation evaluation
- a.all questions were open-ended
- b.both groups had essentially equal expectations
- c.the conservative group had higher expectations than the surgical group
- d.the surgical group had higher expectations than the conservative group
- a.
- # 3.Pre-treatment expectations were evaluated by
- a.the staff's PA
- b.Zoom patient interviews
- c.written questionnaires
- d.live patient interviews
- a.
- # 4.A primary post-treatment fulfillment outcome measure was the
- a.Mayo Wrist Result Survey
- b.PRWE
- c.ASHT Guideline Form
- d.LaStayo-MacDermid 3 prong approach
- a.
- # 5.Higher pre-treatment expectations had only moderate correlation to post-treatment fulfillment scores
- a.true
- b.false
- a.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 12, 2021
Accepted:
April 30,
2021
Received in revised form:
April 18,
2021
Received:
October 19,
2020
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