Decision Making in Hypothetical Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Interventions: Other: Cost Information

• Registration Number: NCT03730376
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

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 Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-10-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-11-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-11-02
• Study First Posted: 2018-11-05
• Primary Completion: 2019-02-01
• Study Completion: 2019-03-01
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-18
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 488

Inclusion Criteria

• patients presenting to hand clinic OR mturk workers
• age 18 or older

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Exclusion Criteria

• traumatic mechanism of injury

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Cost Information	Participants in the intervetion group will be given a hypothetical scenario about carpal tunnel syndrome as well as information about the cost of treatment and asked to make a treatment decision for that hypothetical patient.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Decision to have Treatment	immediately after completing survey	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

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Opinion on healthcare costs	immediately after completing survey	a 7 item, likert response questionnaire used to elicit participant opinions on cost in health care. This is a non-validated tool.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Stanford Health Care; 🇺🇸 Redwood City, California, United States