Understanding Preferences for Treatment After Hypothetical First-Time Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Surveying an Online Panel Utilizing a Novel Shared Decision-Making Tool.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although surgical management of a first-time anterior shoulder dislocation
(FTASD) can reduce the risk of recurrent dislocation, other treatment characteristics,
costs, and outcomes are important to patients considering treatment options. While
patient preferences, such as those elicited by conjoint analysis, have been shown
to be important in medical decision-making, the magnitudes or effects of patient preferences
in treating an FTASD are unknown. PURPOSE: To test a novel shared decision-making
tool after sustained FTASD. Specifically measured were the following: (1) importance
of aspects of operative versus nonoperative treatment, (2) respondents' agreement
with results generated by the tool, (3) willingness to share these results with physicians,
and (4) association of results with choice of treatment after FTASD. STUDY DESIGN:
Cross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 3. METHODS: A tool was designed and tested
using members of Amazon Mechanical Turk, an online panel. The tool included an adaptive
conjoint analysis exercise, a method to understand individuals' perceived importance
of the following attributes of treatment: (1) chance of recurrent dislocation, (2)
cost, (3) short-term limits on shoulder motion, (4) limits on participation in high-risk
activities, and (5) duration of physical therapy. Respondents then chose between operative
and nonoperative treatment for hypothetical shoulder dislocation. RESULTS: Overall,
374 of 501 (75%) respondents met the inclusion criteria, of which most were young,
active males; one-third reported prior dislocation. From the conjoint analysis, the
importance of recurrent dislocation and cost of treatment were the most important
attributes. A substantial majority agreed with the tool's ability to generate representative
preferences and indicated that they would share these preferences with their physician.
Importance of recurrence proved significantly predictive of respondents' treatment
choices, independent of sex or age; however, activity level was important to previous
dislocators. A total of 125 (55%) males and 33 (23%) females chose surgery after FTASD,
as did 37% of previous dislocators compared with 45% of nondislocators. CONCLUSION:
When given thorough information about the risks and benefits, respondents had strong
preferences for operative treatment after an FTASD. Respondents agreed with the survey
results and wanted to share the information with providers. Recurrence was the most
important attribute and played a role in decisions about treatment.
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10.1177/2325967117695788Publication Info
Streufert, Ben; Reed, Shelby D; Orlando, Lori A; Taylor, Dean C; Huber, Joel C; &
Mather, Richard C (2017). Understanding Preferences for Treatment After Hypothetical First-Time Anterior Shoulder
Dislocation: Surveying an Online Panel Utilizing a Novel Shared Decision-Making Tool.
Orthop J Sports Med, 5(3). 10.1177/2325967117695788. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/14225.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Joel C. Huber
Alan D. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Business Administration
Joel Huber is the Alan D. Schwartz Professor Emeritus at the Fuqua School of Business.
He and John McCann were founding members of the Marketing area when they arrived at
Fuqua in 1979. Professor Huber received his undergraduate degree from Princeton and
his MBA and Ph.D. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In addition
to Fuqua, he has taught at the business schools at Penn, Columbia and Purdue University.
He was Associate Dean for the Daytime program at Fuqua from 1995
Richard Charles Mather III
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Richard C. “Chad” Mather III MD, MBA is an assistant professor and vice
chairman of practice innovation in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University
School of Medicine. He is also a faculty member at the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
Dr. Mather is a health services researcher and decision scientist with a focus on
economic analysis, health policy, health preference measurement and personalized decision-making.
His current work focuses on buildi
Lori Ann Orlando
Professor of Medicine
Dr. Lori A. Orlando, MD MHS MMCI is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Precision
Medicine Program in the Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine at Duke
University. She attended Tulane Medical Center for both medical school (1994-1998)
and Internal Medicine residency (1998-2000). There she finished AOA and received a
number of awards for teaching and clinical care from the medical school and the residency
programs, including the Musser-Burch-Puschett award in 2000 for acad
Shelby Derene Reed
Professor in Population Health Sciences
Shelby D. Reed, PhD, is Professor in the Departments of Population Health Sciences
and Medicine at Duke University’s School of Medicine. She is the director of the
Center for Informing Health Decisions and Therapeutic Area leader for Population Health
Sciences at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI). She also is core faculty
at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy. Dr. Reed has over 20 years of experience
leading multidisciplinary health outcomes research studie
Dean Curtis Taylor
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Dean Taylor is a Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon whose practice and research
interests include shoulder instability, shoulder arthroscopy, knee ligament injuries,
meniscus injuries, knee cartilage injuries, and ACL injuries in adults and children.
He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and completed his medical
training and residency at Duke University. Dr. Taylor went on to be a part of the
John Feagin West Point Sports Medicine Fellowship, retired from the
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