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9330149

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-2
pubmed:abstractText
Validated outcome instruments were used to compare treatment outcomes of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in workers' compensation and non-workers' compensation patients. A self-administered questionnaire consisting of the generic Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the disease-specific Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Instrument was mailed to 277 patients randomly selected from all 1050 new patients treated for CTS during a 1-year period. A total of 212 patients (61 workers' compensation and 151 non-workers' compensation) responded to the survey 7-22 (mean, 14) months after the initiation of treatment, yielding a response rate of 76%. Workers' compensation patients had worse mean scores than non-workers' compensation patients in 6 of the 8 SF-36 scales and in the 2 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Instrument scales, but validating multivariate analysis could not verify significant score differences in any of the scales. Thus, this study could not demonstrate inferior treatment outcomes of CTS in workers' compensation patients as measured by standardized generic and disease-specific outcome instruments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0363-5023
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
882-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Use of outcome instruments to compare workers' compensation and non-workers' compensation carpal tunnel syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery, Louisville, KY, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study