Patients Decision-making in Rotator Cuff Surgery

Do we Really Allow Patient Decision-making in Rotator Cuff Surgery? A Prospective Randomized Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03205852

Enrollment

Registered

2017-07-02

Start date

2014-07-07

Completion date

2014-12-29

Last updated

2017-07-02

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Conditions

Rotator Cuff Disease

Brief summary

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect on patient treatment decision-making if information was given based on the benefit or on the side effect in rotator cuff disorders.

Interventions

OTHERquestionnaire

fulfillment of questionnaire

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CROSSOVER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients diagnosed with rotator cuff tears at their first clinical visit

Exclusion criteria

* patients with a previous shoulder surgery, patients with worker's compensation and patients who were unwilling to participate and thereby not sign informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
questionnaire of surgery decision	immediate	two proposals for surgery based on information given to the patient

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Constant Score	immediate	functional evaluation of shoulder function

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 3, 2026