ArticleScientific reports2021
Socioeconomic factors predicting outcome in surgically treated carpal tunnel syndrome: a national registry-based study.
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- The Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Rates of Carpal Tunnel Release: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2025Article
- Are PROMIS and Legacy Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Correlated for Patients Undergoing Carpal Tunnel Release?Journal of hand surgery global online · 2025Article
- Is Area-Level Social Vulnerability Index Associated With Patient-Level Health-Related Social Needs in Hand Surgery?The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Association Between Educational Status and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Presentations and Severity.Advances in orthopedics · 2025Article
- Area Deprivation Index Is Not Associated With the Severity of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Long-Term Association Between Patient-Reported Outcomes and Psychological Factors in Patients With a Distal Radius Fracture.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2024Article
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Trigger Finger May Be an Early Symptom of Preclinic Type 2 Diabetes.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
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- The Effect of Socioeconomic Disparity on Improvement in QuickDASH at 3 Months after Carpal Tunnel Release.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Factors influencing return to work after surgery for ulnar nerve compression at the elbow.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Socioeconomic Differences between Sexes in Surgically Treated Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Ulnar Nerve Entrapment.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Ulnar Nerve Entrapment Are Associated with Impaired Psychological Health in Adults as Appraised by Their Increased Use of Psychotropic Medication.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
The study aimed to investigate socioeconomic factors in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and to evaluate their impact on outcome following open carpal tunnel release (OCTR). Data from the National Quality Register for Hand Surgery were combined with socioeconomic data (marital status, education level, earnings, migrant status, occupation, sick leave, unemployment, and social assistance) from Statistics Sweden to evaluate OCTRs performed from 2010 to 2016 (total 10,746 OCTRs). Patients completed QuickDASH (short version of Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand) questionnaires preoperatively (n = 3597) and at three (n = 2824) and 12 months (n = 2037) postoperatively. The effect of socioeconomic factors on QuickDASH scores was analyzed with linear regression analysis. Socioeconomically deprived patients scored higher on the QuickDASH on all occasions than patients with higher socioeconomic status. Being widowed, having a low education level, low earnings, immigrant status, frequent sick leave and dependence on social assistance all increased the postoperative QuickDASH score at 12 months. The change in total score for QuickDASH between preoperative and 12 months postoperatively did not vary between the groups. We conclude that such factors as being widowed, having a lower education level, low earnings, immigrant status, frequent sick leave and social assistance dependence are associated with more symptoms both before and after OCTR for CTS, but these factors do not affect the relative improvement in QuickDASH.
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