Browsing by Author "Lassila, Henri"

This study was executed to measure the effect of laterality on patient reported outcome measure (PROM) scores after distal radius fractures (DRFs). To investigate this, we sent Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE) and short version of Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (QuickDASH) questionnaires 6-8 weeks and 3-4 months after the fracture to 336 DRF patients, of which 119 were included to the study. The patients were divided into dominant and non-dominant side groups based on the side of the fracture, and the scores of the questionnaires were compared. At 6-8 weeks, the dominant group scored higher than non-dominant group in QuickDASH, which was in line with our hypothesis (p=0,04). A similar trend was noted in PRWE (p=0,12). When comparing only intra-articular fractures, a statistically significant difference between dominant and non-dominant groups at 6-8 weeks was noted in both PRWE (p=0,044) and QuickDASH (p=0,046). Similar trend was seen at 3-4 months even though our study was not designed to have sufficient power at this time point. Our results suggest that laterality should always be taken into account when studying DRFs by using PRWE or QuickDASH as an outcome measure due to its effect on the scores of these questionnaires.