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Results: Of 98 eligible patients who were invited to participate, 41 responded. Out of 41, 14 (34%) believed they had a deformity and 4 (10%) reported that they were bothered by the appearance of their wrist. Deformity was associated with non-surgical treatment (RR?=?3.85, p?=?0.006) but was not significantly associated with functional outcomes (p?=?0.15). All those who were bothered belonged to the non-surgical treatment group. Bother was significantly associated with poorer functional outcomes (p?=?0.006) and this association was clinically significant (MD?=?35 points). The deformity and bother questions were found to have excellent test-retest reliability; ??=?1.00 and ??=?0.92, respectively.
SUBMITTER: Lawson A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7085157 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lawson Andrew A Santhakumar Partiban P Naylor Justine M JM Churches Tim T Frost Steve S Harris Ian A IA
BMC research notes 20200320 1
<h4>Objective</h4>Wrist deformity in older people is common following treatment for a wrist fracture, particularly after non-surgical treatment. A cohort of older wrist fracture patients were surveyed by telephone regarding perceived deformity, bother with deformity and patient-reported wrist function. The objectives were to: (1) determine whether older patients with wrist fractures perceived a deformity of their wrist and if they were bothered by it; (2) test if there were associations between ...[more]