Testing a Brief Reassurance Message Before a Musculoskeletal Clinic Visit

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a brief, reassuring pre-visit message affects patients' expectations and planned follow-up care in adults with common musculoskeletal conditions. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does reading a brief reassurance message before a clinic visit change how interested patients are in additional care, such as follow-up visits, tests, injections, or surgery? * Does the message affect whether patients actually schedule follow-up care after the visit? Researchers will compare participants who receive the pre-visit reassurance message to those who receive usual care to see if the message changes patients' enthusiasm for care or their follow-up decisions. Participants will: 1. Read a short, easy-to-understand message about musculoskeletal symptoms and options for care (for those in the intervention group) 2. Complete a brief questionnaire rating their interest in follow-up visits, tests, injections, or surgery 3. Have their scheduled follow-up care recorded after the clinic visit

NCT Number	NCT07330492
Lead Sponsor	University of Texas at Austin
Conditions	Any Non-traumatic Musculoskeletal Condition
Enrollment	144 participants
Start Date	2026-01-10
Primary Completion	2026-04-30 (estimated)
Study Completion	2026-07-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-06-09