Exploring New Patient Understanding of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine using a Cross-Sectional Survey and Mixed Methods Approach
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Exploring New Patient Understanding of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine using a Cross-Sectional Survey and Mixed Methods Approach
Abstract
Introduction: Osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM), a patient-focused approach to medical treatment utilized by doctors of osteopathic medicine (DO), continues to be an under-utilized resource in treating musculoskeletal disorders. Lack of familiarity by both referring physicians and patients of OMM can impact patient-physician communication and impede patient-centered care approaches. This 2020-2021 study was conducted to investigate new patient understanding of OMM within the Michigan State University OMM Clinic.
Methods: A set of 18 survey questions developed by the authors within their MSU OMM clinic were utilized for the study. The main purpose of the questions was to generally ascertain new patient's understanding of OMM, its role in patient care, who can place clinic referrals and the services an OMM clinic provides. Respondents were new adult patients at the MSU OMM clinic.
Results: The convenience study sample of 83 respondents was primarily female, 60 (72.3%). Few respondents were familiar with OMM, as only eight (9.64%) reported prior experience with OMM. Of the 83 patients in this study, 69 (80.7%) reported back pain. When examining referral patterns, there were low numbers of referrals from non-PCP providers, especially from advanced practice providers (APP), including physician assistants (n = three, 3.66%) and nurse practitioners (n = eight, 7.96%). Most surveyed patients 61 (73.5%) had been referred by their primary care providers.
Conclusions: Results indicate that communication directed to non-DO physicians, advanced practice providers and patients about OMM services may be helpful to provide noninvasive symptomatic treatment options for musculoskeletal conditions. Further larger-scale studies examining both non-DO provider and new patient perceptions concerning OMM are clearly warranted.
Keywords: OMM; OMT; ONMM; Osteopathic literature review; Osteopathic manipulative treatment; Osteopathic medicine; Osteopathic perception nurses; Osteopathic practice; Osteopathic survey; Osteopathy; Professional identity; hands-on medicine; manipulation; manual healing; neuromusculoskeletal medicine; osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine.
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