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Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Patient Self-Diagnosis

Background:

  • Online symptom checkers are increasingly used by patients seeking medical information.
  • The accuracy of self-diagnoses generated by these tools for hand and upper extremity conditions is largely unknown.
  • This study investigated factors influencing the concordance between online and professional diagnoses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the correspondence between online symptom checker diagnoses and hand surgeon diagnoses.
  • To identify patient-related factors associated with accurate online diagnoses for hand and upper extremity conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective enrollment of 86 outpatients undergoing evaluation in a hand and upper extremity clinic.
  • Patients utilized WebMD® symptom checker for self-diagnosis prior to their appointment.
  • Data collected included demographics, internet usage, Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), and Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (C-ESD).

Main Results:

  • Only 33% of online diagnoses accurately matched the hand surgeon's final diagnosis.
  • Female sex and prior online symptom research were associated with better online diagnosis correspondence.
  • A multivariable model incorporating sex, education level, and prior research explained 15% of the diagnostic variation.

Conclusions:

  • The majority of online diagnoses for hand and upper extremity conditions do not align with the diagnoses provided by hand surgeons.
  • Psychological factors, such as pain catastrophizing and depression, did not significantly influence the accuracy of online diagnoses.