SynthesisClinical orthopaedics and related research2013
Measuring expectations in orthopaedic surgery: a systematic review.
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76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patients' Expectations Predict Surgery Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Effect of a Patient Engagement, Education, and Restructuring of Cognitions (PEERC) approach on conservative care in rotator cuff related shoulder pain treatment: a randomized control trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Trial
- Preoperative education on realistic expectations improves the satisfaction of patients with central sensitization after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized-controlled trial.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Trial
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- Construct validation and correlates of preoperative expectations of postsurgical recovery in persons undergoing knee replacement: baseline findings from a randomized clinical trial.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2017Trial
- The impact of early postoperative pain interference on 2-year outcomes after hip arthroscopy.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2026Article
- Virtual Reality-Based Pain Modulation in Subacute Musculoskeletal Injury: Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study of Neural and Behavioral Correlates.JMIR serious games · 2026Article
- Postoperative Effects of Depression and Anxiety in Hip Arthroscopy at 2-Year Follow-up.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Development and Validation of the Brief Inventory of Treatment Expectations in Chronic Pain (BITEC).European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- What factors impact patients' decision to undergo shoulder surgery and subjective feeling of recovery?JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2025Article
- Assessing the Ability of an Online Education Program to Modify Patient Expectations of Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Combining preoperative expectations and postoperative met expectations to predict patient-reported outcomes after knee surgery.Journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Greater preoperative expectations predict improvement in pain and function two years after knee surgery.Journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Preoperative Expectations Do Not Independently Predict Two-Year Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Hand and Wrist Surgery.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2025Article
- Higher preoperative patient expectations predict better patient-reported psychosocial health outcomes after hip arthroscopy.Journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Preoperative Factors Associated With Worse PROMIS Pain Interference 2 Years After Hand and Wrist Surgery.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- An investigation into cleaning quality of suction-type metal lumen instruments: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Psychological Aspects of Nerve Gap Reconstruction: Addressing Patient Perspectives and Expectations.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2024Article
- Preoperative predictors of two-year satisfaction in hand and wrist surgery patients.Journal of hand and microsurgery · 2024Article
- Preoperative opioid use is associated with worse two-year patient-reported outcomes after hand surgery: A retrospective cohort study.Journal of hand and microsurgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdvances in the surgical treatment of musculoskeletal conditions have resulted in an interest in better defining and understanding patients' expectations of these procedures, but the best ways to do this remain a topic of considerable debate. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: (1) What validated instruments for the assessment of patient expectations of orthopaedic surgery have been used in published studies to date? (2) How were these expectation measures developed and validated? (3) What unvalidated instruments for the assessment of patient expectations have been used in published studies to date?
methodsA systematic literature search was performed using the OVID Medline and EMBASE databases, in duplicate, to identify all studies that assessed patient expectations in orthopaedic surgery. Sixty-six studies were ultimately included in the present review.
resultsSeven validated expectation instruments were identified, all of which use patient-reported questionnaires. Five were specific to a particular procedure or affected anatomic location, whereas two were broadly applicable. Details of reliability and validity testing were available for all but one of these instruments. Forty additional unvalidated expectation assessment tools were identified. Thirteen were based on existing clinical outcome tools, and the others were study-specific, custom-developed tools. Only one of the unvalidated tools was used in more than one study.
conclusionsSeveral validated expectation instruments have been developed for use by patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery. However, many tools have been reported without evidence of testing and validation. The wide range of untested instruments used in single studies substantially limits the interpretation and comparison of data concerning patient expectations.
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