ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2019
Site-specific Patient-reported Outcome Measures for Hand Conditions: Systematic Review of Development and Psychometric Properties.
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- Measurement properties of the Dutch versions of QuickDASH and PRWHE in patients with complaints of hand, wrist, forearm and elbow.Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Active, Actuated, and Assistive: a Scoping Review of Exoskeletons for the Hands and Wrists.Canadian prosthetics & orthotics journal · 2024Article
- Computerized adaptive testing for the patient evaluation measure (PEM) in patients undergoing cubital tunnel syndrome surgery.The Journal of hand surgery, European volume · 2023Article
- A new self-assessment tool following shoulder stabilization surgery, the auto-Walch and auto-Rowe questionnaires.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Reporting of scar outcomes in the hand and wrist; a state-of-the-art literature review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Review
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- Computerized adaptive testing of symptom severity: a registry-based study of 924 patients with trapeziometacarpal arthritis.The Journal of hand surgery, European volume · 2022Article
- The HAND-Q: Psychometrics of a New Patient-reported Outcome Measure for Clinical and Research Applications.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022Article
- Cross-cultural adaptation, validity, and reliability of the Persian version of the Upper Limb Functional Index.Hand therapy · 2021Article
- The evidence-base for the management of flexor tendon injuries of the hand: Review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundThere are a number of site-specific patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for hand conditions used in clinical practice and research for assessing the efficacy of surgical and nonsurgical interventions. The most commonly used hand-relevant PROMs are as follows: Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH), QuickDASH (qDASH), Michigan Hand Questionnaire (MHQ), Patient Evaluation Measure (PEM), Upper Extremity Functional Index (UEFI), and Duruoz Hand Index (DHI). There has been no systematic evaluation of the published psychometric properties of these PROMs.
methodsA PRISMA-compliant systematic review of the development and validation studies of these hand PROMs was prospectively registered in PROSPERO and conducted to assess their psychometric properties. A search strategy was applied to Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, and CINAHL. Abstract screening was performed in duplicate. Assessment of psychometric properties was performed.
resultsThe search retrieved 943 articles, of which 54 articles met predefined inclusion criteria. There were 19 studies evaluating DASH, 8 studies evaluating qDASH, 13 studies evaluating MHQ, 5 studies evaluating UEFI, 4 studies evaluating PEM, and 5 studies evaluating DHI. Assessment of content validity, internal consistency, construct validity, reproducibility, responsiveness, floor/ceiling effect, and interpretability for each PROM is described.
conclusionsThe psychometric properties of the most commonly used PROMs in hand research are not adequately described in the published literature. DASH, qDASH, and MHQ have the best-published psychometric properties, though they have either some poor psychometric performance or incompletely studied psychometric properties. There are more limited published data describing the psychometric properties of the UEFI, PEM, and DHI.
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