The available evidence suggests a positive correlation between years since residency and a negative expectation of outcomes for obese patients among internists, paediatricians, and psychiatrists.
16, 34, 35, 38– 55 Matched unrelated donor HSCT has also demonstrated success in the setting of WAS, with the expectation of outcomes that are similar to the HLA-identical sibling donor experience.
Recently, positive expectations of outcome have been associated with better outcomes [ 12, 54, 55].
Preoperative expectations of outcome of total hip and knee arthroplasty are important determinants of patients' satisfaction and functional outcome.
Patients who had the most optimistic preoperative expectations of outcome had adjusted mean ADSI scores that were 19.8 points higher than those who were less optimistic.
These models are useful for providing information on expectations of outcome, for classifying the severity of brain injury, for stratification and covariate adjustment in clinical trials, and as reference for evaluating quality of care.
8 Mannion et al 27 however suggest that actual status (pain and function) of the individual may be more predictive of satisfaction than expectations of outcome using multivariate modelling techniques.
Identification of people who are likely to have persistent PFP will enable clinicians to provide patients with a more accurate picture of their prognosis [ 10], thereby facilitating negotiation of more realistic expectations of outcome and long term management [ 11].
Understanding how expectations of outcome affect the decision making process may help in understanding the dissatisfaction rate, and may even aid methods to decrease it (particularly interventions aimed at providing information).
