Writing Down Goals

Musculoskeletal Diseases Clinical Trial

Official title:

Writing Down Goals

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04932993
• Other study ID #: 2019-07-0089
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2021
• Est. completion date: November 2021

Study information

• Verified date: June 2021
• Source: University of Texas at Austin
• Contact: Amirreza Fatehi, MD
• Phone: 5126577939
• Email: Amirreza.Fatehi[@]austin.utexas.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The women's health IPU at UT Health Austin is happy with having patients write down their goals at their first visit and then tracking those. It would be interesting to study people seeking musculoskeletal specialty care to determine whether asking patients what result of their care would be rated a success helps direct the clinician-patient interaction in a more fruitful direction compared to the usual clinical interaction.

Description:

People's stated preferences are often inconsistent with what matters most to them (their values). And they are often based on misconceptions, distress, and less effective cognitive coping strategies. For instance, a person might say "My goal is to have no pain" when that is not possible. Or they might say "My goal is to get the shot that fixes this" when there is no such shot. It may go without saying that people want: "To be able to live a normal lifestyle" and "To be able to accomplish most of their goals." In other words, people want to be able to be themselves. They are seeking care because they are not able to be themselves or they are concerned that they may not be able to be themselves. The word health comes from an old German word meaning "whole."

One part of good health is correcting or alleviating pathophysiology (e.g. reading glasses). Another part of good health is evolving one's inner narrative (e.g. "I'm older now and need glasses to read").

The women's health IPU at UT Health Austin is happy with having patients write down their goals at their first visit and then tracking those. It would be interesting to study people seeking musculoskeletal specialty care to determine whether asking patients what result of their care would be rated a success helps direct the clinician-patient interaction in a more fruitful direction compared to the usual clinical interaction.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 128
• Est. completion date: November 2021
• Est. primary completion date: October 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 89 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients (18+)

• Orthopedic visit

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are illiterate.

• Patients who do not speak English.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Musculoskeletal Diseases

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Writing down goals
Patient will write their health goals down before the visit.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Texas at Austin

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Decision conflict questionnaire	Questionnaire assessing decision conflict	Baseline
Secondary	Decision regret questionnaire	Questionnaire assessing the degree of regret of decision	Baseline
Secondary	Jefferson Scale of Patient's Perceptions of Physician Empathy	Patient perceived of physician empathy as measured by the JSPPE	Baseline
Secondary	Patient Activation Measure-13	Patient activation as measured by PAM-13	Baseline
Secondary	Guttman Satisfaction scale	Questionnaire measuring to what degree patients are satisfied with the care they received.	Baseline