Symptoms, disability, and quality of life in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome
(1999) In The Journal of Hand Surgery 24(2). p.398-404- Abstract
- We used validated outcome instruments to measure symptoms, disability, and health-related quality of life in 58 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The patients completed the CTS instrument before and 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after surgery and the Short Form-36 (SF-36) before and 3 months after surgery. The size of clinical change detected by each outcome measure was estimated by the standardized response mean (mean change/ standard deviation of the change). Large improvement was observed for the CTS symptom scale (mean standardized response, 1.4-1.9) and function scale (0.8-1.1). Improvement in SF-36 scales was large for pain (1.0) and moderate for physical role, mental health, and the physical component summary (0.5-0.6).... (More)
- We used validated outcome instruments to measure symptoms, disability, and health-related quality of life in 58 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The patients completed the CTS instrument before and 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after surgery and the Short Form-36 (SF-36) before and 3 months after surgery. The size of clinical change detected by each outcome measure was estimated by the standardized response mean (mean change/ standard deviation of the change). Large improvement was observed for the CTS symptom scale (mean standardized response, 1.4-1.9) and function scale (0.8-1.1). Improvement in SF-36 scales was large for pain (1.0) and moderate for physical role, mental health, and the physical component summary (0.5-0.6). Compared with the general population SF-36 norms (n = 2,181), CTS patients had significantly worse scores for physical functioning, physical role, pain, vitality, and the physical component summary before surgery. After surgery, SF-36 scores had normalized except for physical role and the physical component summary. (Less)
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- author
- Atroshi, Isam LU ; Gummesson, Christina LU ; Johnsson, Ragnar LU and Sprinchorn, A
- organization
- publishing date
- 1999
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Measurement scale, Evaluation, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Quality of life, Symptomatology, Prognosis, Preoperative, Postoperative, Disability, Methodology, Human, Compression, Nervous system diseases, Peripheral nerve disease, Diseases of the osteoarticular system
- in
- The Journal of Hand Surgery
- volume
- 24
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 398 - 404
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- pmid:10194028
- scopus:0033021622
- ISSN
- 1531-6564
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Division of Physiotherapy (Closed 2012) (013042000), Department of Orthopaedics (Lund) (013028000)
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