Novel Decision Aid for Carpal Tunnel Patients: Exploring Patient Preferences Between WALANT and Traditional Surgery
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Surgical Modality preference for CTR through questionnaire answers
研究概览
简要总结
A questionnaire will be given to patients who are considering undergoing hand surgery as a treatment for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome to help participants decide between two surgical options- Wide-Awake-Local-Anesthesia-no-Tourniquet (WALANT) and traditional open hand surgery. These patients will be asked to complete a pre-questionnaire knowledge test and a post-questionnaire knowledge test. the primary objective is to validate this questionnaire to be used by other orthopedic surgeons. This study will also reveal patient preference between these two surgical treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •18 years of older,
- •CTS patients who are CTR candidates,
- •Comprehend and understand English,
- •Passed the Orientation-memory-concentration test done before the decision aid
排除标准
- •Younger than 18 years of age,
- •Non-CTS patients,
- •Not CTR candidates,
- •Do not comprehend or read English,
- •Failed the Orientation-memory-concentration test done before the decision aid
结局指标
主要结局
Surgical Modality preference for CTR through questionnaire answers
时间窗: Feb, 2020- Feb, 2021
Investigators will reveal participants' preferences regarding the preferred surgical modality between WALANT and traditional tourniquet by having a questionnaire question after participants read the decision aid whereby such participants are asked whether their preference is WALANT or traditional tourniquet carpal tunnel release after having learned about both.
次要结局
- Patient knowledge scores after the decision aid use(Feb, 2020- Feb, 2021)
- Decisional Conflict Score(Feb, 2020- Feb, 2021)
- Patient Knowledge scores Before the decision aid use(Feb, 2020- Feb, 2021)
研究者
Charles S Day
Professor & Executive Vice Chair of the Orthopaedic Service Line
Henry Ford Health System