Decision Making in Hypothetical Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Patient and Consumer Decision Making in a Hypothetical Case of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Participants will be presented with a hypothetical scenario of carpal tunnel and asked to make a decision for that case.

Participants will be randomized into 1 of 2 groups and receive a hypothetical scenario of carpal tunnel, with or without cost information, and asked to decide if that hypothetical patient should undergo a carpal tunnel release.

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients presenting to hand clinic OR mturk workers
• age 18 or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• traumatic mechanism of injury