The influence of Patient Reported Outcome Measures on patient empowerment, physical function and satisfaction.

Our research will focus on assessing the effect of providing PROMs to the patients regarding physical function, pain and on patients¡¯ satisfaction, patient-physician relation illness behavior (empowerment) and physical function.


Countries of recruitment: Netherlands

Primary: There is no difference in satisfaction between patients who filled out their PROMs and received feedback compared to patients who did not.

Secondary: There is no difference in illness behavior (empowerment), patient-physician relationship and physical function between patients who filled out their PROMs and received feedback compared to patient who did not.

t=0; before for the intervention group and after the consult with orthopedic surgeon at thein outpatient clinic for both cohorts.

Study Design

This study used a pre and after implementation of the intervention design Patient allocated in the intervention group were asked to fill out digital questionnaires about physical function (HOOS-PS or KOOS-PS) and pain (NRS-Pain) [6]. After filling out the questionnaires, patients received the final scores on a print out. The results were visualized by a color scale ranging ____. Afterwards the patient could take the results to the physician, who discussed them during the consult. Before the start of the intervention period, the physicians received description on how to interpret the scores and how to discuss them with their patient. After the consult both cohorts filled a web-based questionnaires about: 1) disability, either hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS-ps) or Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS-ps) [1], 2) Pain Self Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) [2], 3) Patient-Doctor Relationship Questionnaire (PDRQ-9) [3], 4) Satisfaction with care, 0-10 ordinal scale, satisfaction with information, 0-10 ordinal scale, satisfaction with doctor, 0-10 ordinal scale, and 5) Patient Activation Measure (PAM) [4]. Patients were also asked for demographic information.