• Family practice · Oct 2024

    Patient preferences for conservative treatment of shoulder pain: a discrete choice experiment.

    • Annelotte H C Versloot, Jorien Veldwijk, OttenheijmRamon P GRPG0000-0002-8816-2877Department of Family Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Marloes de Graaf, Daniëlle A van der Windt, Bart W Koes, Jos Runhaar, and Dieuwke Schiphof.
    • Department of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Center, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Fam Pract. 2024 Oct 10.

    BackgroundShoulder pain is common amongst adults, but little is known about patients' preferences.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to determine patients' preferences for treatment options offered for shoulder pain in primary care.MethodsA discrete choice experiment was used to investigate these preferences. Adults with shoulder pain were asked to make 12 choices between two treatment options, or to opt-out. The attributes of the 12 treatment options were presented as varying in: treatment effectiveness (50%, 70%, or 90%), risk of relapse (10%, 20%, or 30%), time to pain reduction (2 or 6 weeks), prevention of relapse (yes/no), requiring injection (yes/no), and including physiotherapy (none, 6, or 12 sessions). A conditional logit model with latent class analysis was used for the analysis and a class assignment model.ResultsThree hundred and twelve participants completed the questionnaire with mean age of 52 ± 15.2 years. Latent class analysis revealed three groups. Group 1 preferred to opt-out, unless the attributes were highly favorable (90% effectiveness). Group 2 preferred treatment, but not an injection. Group 3 preferred to opt-out and did not opt for treatment. The likelihood of a participant belonging to one of these groups was 68.8%, 9.3%, and 21.9%, respectively. The class assignment was related to having previously received injection or physiotherapy, as they did not prefer that same treatment again.ConclusionThis study showed that most patients with shoulder pain prefer to opt-out, unless treatment attributes are highly favorable. Characteristics of influence on this decision was whether the patient had received an injection or physiotherapy before.© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press.

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