Session Information
Session Title: Research Spotlight: Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine
Session Time: None. Available on demand.
Disclosures: Nolan Gall, MD: No financial relationships or conflicts of interest
Objective: Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) continues to emerge as an effective interventional treatment for musculoskeletal conditions yet few investigators disclose details of the periprocedural protocol including patient expectations, information retention or protocol adherence. The purpose of this study is to assess veteran information retention and expectations of a PRP periprocedural protocol.
Design: SurveySetting : Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinicParticipants : United States veterans referred for an ultrasound-guided PRP injection
Interventions: Verbal patient education
Main Outcome Measures: Survey responses
Results: All 23 patients were surveyed after verbal PRP education by one attending physician. Respondents were a mean age of 58.5 years (IQR 45-65). 22/23 patients were male. 9/23 expected pain relief in 4 weeks or less. 6/23 patients identified the correct recommendation for time to stop taking anti-inflammatory medications pre-procedure (7 days). 15/23 correctly identified the most appropriate post-procedure analgesic medication (Acetaminophen) amongst a list of anti-inflammatory medications. 6/23 strongly agreed they understand why to refrain from taking post-procedure anti-inflammatory medications yet failed to identify the correct time to stop taking and anti-inflammatory medication and appropriate post-procedure analgesic.Conclusions: A portion of responders referred for ultrasound-guided PRP injections reported high expectations for rapid pain relief. Additionally, responders demonstrated substantial difficulty retaining verbal PRP protocol education with a small portion reporting PRP physiology comprehension but demonstrating lack of retained protocol knowledge to help foster PRP’s physiologic mechanism. Further research is needed to determine the utility of an alternative educational intervention as compared to verbal education for improving PRP periprocedural protocol information retention and expectations as well as its effect on protocol adherence and clinical outcomes.
Level of Evidence: Level III
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
Gall N, Karandikar N, Meshkin D. Veteran Information Retention and Expectations of a Platelet Rich Plasma Periprocedural Protocol [abstract]. PM R. 2021; 13(S1)(suppl 1). https://pmrjabstracts.org/abstract/veteran-information-retention-and-expectations-of-a-platelet-rich-plasma-periprocedural-protocol/. Accessed May 23, 2025.« Back to AAPM&R Annual Assembly 2021
PM&R Meeting Abstracts - https://pmrjabstracts.org/abstract/veteran-information-retention-and-expectations-of-a-platelet-rich-plasma-periprocedural-protocol/