The Effect of Feedback Regarding Illness Behavior on Patient Satisfaction in Hand Surgery

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Conditions studied: Hand Surgery

In brief

The investigators of this study would like to see whether providing feedback to patients regarding their illness behavior/coping strategies, using online questionnaires, improves patient-physician communication in orthopaedic surgery. The investigators aim to enroll 128 patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02209246

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

128

Starts

2013-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All new patients visiting the Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service
• English fluency and literacy
• Ability to provide informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• age < 18
• Inability to complete enrollment forms due to any mental status or language problems (e.g. dementia, head injury, overall illness).

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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