Clinical Trial: Assessing the Functional Benefit of Structured Psychological Coaching in Mentally Vulnerable Patients With a Surgically Treated Proximal Humerus Fracture.

U.S., Feb. 18 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07415889) titled 'Assessing the Functional Benefit of Structured Psychological Coaching in Mentally Vulnerable Patients With a Surgically Treated Proximal Humerus Fracture.' on Jan. 10.

Brief Summary: Although physical factors play an important role in the treatment and outcomes after proximal humerus fracture (PHF), psychosocial factors need to be taken into account as well.

Few studies have been done to assess the influence of psychosocial factors and mental distress on the outcomes after shoulder surgery and show that it has a negative correlation on the outcomes. It is reported that having low resilience, negative thoughts, signs of depression o...