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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Control | No Intervention | Participants in the control group will be given a hypothetical scenario about carpal tunnel syndrome and asked to make a treatment decision for that hypothetical patient. | |
| Intervention | Experimental | Participants in the intervetion group will be given a hypothetical scenario about carpal tunnel syndrome as well as information about the cost of treatment and asked to make a treatment decision for that hypothetical patient. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Cost Information | Other | participants will be given information on the personal and societal costs |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Decision to have Treatment | Participants are asked to answer "Should you get surgery right now," with the options of definitely yes, probably, maybe, maybe not, probably not, and definitely not | immediately after completing survey |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Opinion on healthcare costs | a 7 item, likert response questionnaire used to elicit participant opinions on cost in health care. This is a non-validated tool. | immediately after completing survey |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Stanford Health Care | Redwood City | California | 94063 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D002349 | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
| ID | Term |
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| D020423 | Median Neuropathy |
| D020422 | Mononeuropathies |
| D010523 | Peripheral Nervous System Diseases |
| D009468 | Neuromuscular Diseases |
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Participants will be randomized into 1 of 2 study arms arm 1: control arm 2: intervention.
We will use a random block generator to assign participants to their study arm.
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The care provider and patient will not be informed as to which group the participant is in
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D009408 | Nerve Compression Syndromes |
| D012090 | Cumulative Trauma Disorders |
| D013180 | Sprains and Strains |
| D014947 | Wounds and Injuries |