Journal of Patient Experience (Mar 2024)

Orthopaedic Hand Patient Support Systems Have Valuable Insight to Patient Function and Pain

  • E.A. Washnock-Schmid BS,
  • Nicholas Livingston BA,
  • Katie Latack MS,
  • Nancy Wrobel PhD,
  • Charles S. Day MD, MBA

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735241240876
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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Patient-reported outcome measures (PROs) are increasingly used in clinical assessment. Research on how patient support systems contribute to physician understanding of patient condition is limited. Thus, insights from significant others may provide value, especially when concerns exist regarding patient response validity. Patients recruited from the pre-operative environment undergoing orthopaedic hand procedures responded to PROMIS-Pain Interference (PI), PROMIS-Upper Extremity (UE), PROMIS-Depression (D), and QuickDASH. They then selected a significant other (SO) to do the same. Patients and SOs were also asked to complete the West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (WHYMPI) as a measure of support-related responses. Patient and SO responses were compared, and support-related responses were added in subsequent analyses to examine their effect on SO PRO assessment.