TY - JOUR T1 - The Effect of Achieving Patient-Reported Outcome Measures on Satisfaction JF - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO - J Am Board Fam Med SP - 785 LP - 792 DO - 10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.150079 VL - 28 IS - 6 AU - Leif I. Solberg AU - Stephen E. Asche AU - John Butler AU - David Carrell AU - Christine K. Norton AU - Jeffrey G. Jarvik AU - Rebecca Smith-Bindman AU - Juliana O. Tillema AU - Robin R. Whitebird AU - Jeanette Y. Ziegenfuss Y1 - 2015/11/01 UR - http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/6/785.abstract N2 - Objective: To determine how frequently patients with advanced imaging for back or abdominal pain achieve outcomes that are identified by patients as important and whether those achieving those outcomes are more satisfied.Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of survey responses from patients of an 800-physician multi-specialty group in Minnesota in 2013. A total of 201 patients with abdominal pain and 167 patients with back pain 1 year earlier that was serious enough for a computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scan (67% of those contacted). The main outcomes were the frequency of occurrence of 19 outcomes previously identified by patients as important, plus satisfaction with the results of care.Results: The majority of patients surveyed had achieved most of the desired outcomes. For abdominal pain, 17 of 19 of the desired outcomes were achieved by >50% of patients, while 11 of 19 desired outcomes were achieved by >50% of patients with back pain. Seven of the desired outcomes were significantly associated with satisfaction.Conclusion: Achieving outcomes important to patients is associated with greater patient satisfaction. Such measures are potentially valuable measures of quality. ER -