Effects of Patient Portal Message Framing on Treatment Preferences and Expectations for Degenerative Meniscus Tears: Randomized Exploratory Cross-Sectional Survey Study.

JMIR Form Res · 2026 · PMC13213325 · PMID 42118578

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Among respondents without prior knee MRI (103/195, 52.8%), primary outcome associations by framing group were directionally similar, but damage framing did not reach statistical significance for invasive management preference (OR 1.84, 95% CI 0.61-5.56; P =.28) or expectations regarding PT (OR 1.91, 95% CI 0.46-7.95; P =.37).

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