title: Challenges in outcome measurement: discrepancies between patient and provider definitions of success.
abstract: Some orthopaedic procedures, including TKA, enjoy high survivorship but leave many patients dissatisfied because of residual pain and functional limitations. An important cause of patient dissatisfaction is unfulfilled preoperative expectations. This arises, in part, from differences between provider and patient in their definition of a successful outcome. WHERE ARE WE NOW?: Patients generally are less satisfied with their outcomes than surgeons. While patients are initially concerned with symptom relief, their long-term expectations include return of symptom-free function, especially in terms of activities that are personally important. While surgeons share their patients' desire to achieve their goals, they are aware this will not always occur. Conversely, patients do not always realize some of their expectations cannot be met by current orthopaedic procedures, and this gap in understanding is an important source of discrepancies in expectations and patient dissatisfaction. WHERE DO WE NEED TO GO?: An essential prerequisite for mutual understanding is information that is accurate, objective, and relevant to the patient's condition and lifestyle. This critical information must also be understandable within the educational and cultural background of each patient to enable informed participation in a shared decision making process. Once this is achieved, it will become easier to formulate similar expectations regarding the likely level of function and symptom relief and the risk of adverse events, including persistent pain, complications, and revision surgery. HOW DO WE GET THERE?: Predictive models of patient outcomes, based on objective data, are needed to inform decision making on the individual level. This can be achieved once comprehensive data become available capturing the lifestyles of patients of diverse ages and backgrounds, including data documenting the frequency and intensity of participation in sporting and recreational activities. There is also a need for greater attention to the process of informing patients of the outcome of orthopaedic procedures, not simply for gaining more meaningful consent, but so that patients and providers may achieve greater alignment of expectations and increased acceptance of both the benefits and limitations of alternative treatments.
authors: Institute of Orthopedic Research and Education, 6550 Fannin, Suite 2503, Houston, TX, 77030, USA, pnoble@bcm.edu.
authors: Philip C
authors: PC
authors: Noble
authors: Sophie
authors: S
authors: Fuller-Lafreniere
authors: Morteza
authors: M
authors: Meftah
authors: Maureen K
authors: MK
authors: Dwyer
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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