How Do Open‐Ended Interview and Closed‐Ended Questionnaire Responses Compare? A Matched Mixed‐Methods Study Examining Treatment Attitudes of Patients With Meniscal Tear and Persistent Pain

Key Points

• This study examines how closed-ended questionnaires compare to open-ended interviews in capturing patient attitudes towards treatment for meniscal tears.
• Conducted matched mixed-methods analysis
• Utilized closed-ended questionnaires to gather quantitative data
• Supplemented with open-ended interviews to gain qualitative insights
• Focused on patients with meniscal tear and ongoing pain
• Closed-ended questionnaires did not fully capture the complexity of patient attitudes
• Open-ended responses provided richer insights into patient concerns