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Active Not Recruiting NCT07330492

Testing a Brief Reassurance Message Before a Musculoskeletal Clinic Visit

Conditions: Any Non-traumatic Musculoskeletal Condition

Sex: All
Ages: 18 Years – N/A
Healthy volunteers: No
Phase: NA
Enrollment: 144
Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin

Location: Musculoskeletal Institute, UT Health Austin Austin Texas

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a brief, reassuring pre-visit message affects patients' expectations and planned follow-up care in adults with common musculoskeletal conditions. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does reading a brief reassurance message before a clinic visit change how interested patients are in additional care, such as follow-up visits, tests, injections, or surgery? * Does the message affect whether patients actually schedule follow-up care after the visit? Researchers will compare participants who receive the pre-visit reassurance message to those who receive usual care to see if the message changes patients' enthusiasm for care or their follow-up decisions. Participants will: 1. Read a short, easy-to-understand message about musculoskeletal symptoms and options for care (for those in the intervention group) 2. Complete a brief questionnaire rating their interest in follow-up visits, tests, injections, or surgery 3. Have their scheduled follow-up care recorded after the clinic visit

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (18+ years) * English or Spanish language literacy * Seeking musculoskeletal specialty care * Diagnosed with any non-traumatic musculoskeletal condition * New or return patient to clinic Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive or other impairment precluding completion of a survey on a tablet * Acute traumatic pathophysiology (fracture, dislocation, sprain/strain)

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07330492). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.