PMID- 34590944 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211015 LR - 20211015 IS - 1938-2367 (Electronic) IS - 0147-7447 (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 5 DP - 2021 Sep-Oct TI - Effect of a Question-Building Intervention on Patient Activation in Integrated Musculoskeletal Care. PG - e661-e667 LID - 10.3928/01477447-20210817-06 [doi] AB - Patient activation, the propensity for patients to engage in adaptive health behaviors, is a modifiable factor associated with health outcomes and treatment compliance. The authors evaluated the effect of a question-building intervention (QBI) on patient activation among patients with musculoskeletal symptoms and a low baseline level of activation. Patients seeking treatment for musculoskeletal pain were recruited at the beginning of their outpatient clinic appointment, and they completed the Patient Activation Measure 10-item version (PAM-10) and a demographic questionnaire. Those identified as low activating, based on the initial PAM-10 scores, completed a QBI protocol before their consultation with their provider. A follow-up PAM-10 survey was administered at the end of the visit. A paired sample Student's t test was used to evaluate preintervention and postintervention PAM-10 scores. Fisher's exact test and an unpaired t test were used to assess the association between demographic variables and achievement of minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for PAM-10. Of 194 patients who consented to participate, 60 were identified as low activating and completed the QBI. A paired Student's t test showed a statistically significant increase in mean PAM-10 scores from preintervention (47.3+/-7.4) to postintervention (54.8+/-16.8; P<.001). No statistically significant differences were shown in the likelihood of achieving MCID for PAM-10 scores for the sociodemographic variables that were tested. Low-activating patients may benefit from a simple question-formulating intervention before consultation with an orthopedic provider. [Orthopedics. 2021;44(5):e661-e667.]. FAU - Sheikholeslami, Nicole AU - Sheikholeslami N FAU - Moore, Meredith L Grogan AU - Moore MLG FAU - Jayakumar, Prakash AU - Jayakumar P FAU - Uhler, Lauren M AU - Uhler LM FAU - Bozic, Kevin J AU - Bozic KJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210901 PL - United States TA - Orthopedics JT - Orthopedics JID - 7806107 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Musculoskeletal Pain MH - *Orthopedic Procedures MH - *Orthopedics MH - Patient Participation MH - Surveys and Questionnaires EDAT- 2021/10/01 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/16 06:00 CRDT- 2021/09/30 12:17 PHST- 2021/09/30 12:17 [entrez] PHST- 2021/10/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/16 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3928/01477447-20210817-06 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Orthopedics. 2021 Sep-Oct;44(5):e661-e667. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20210817-06. Epub 2021 Sep 1.