Pain as a determinant of health-related quality of life in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome
a case-controlled study
dc.contributor.author | Damms, Nicolas Anthony | en |
dc.contributor.author | McCallum, Lucy Moira | en |
dc.contributor.author | Sarrigiannis, Ptolemaios Georgios | en |
dc.contributor.author | Zis, Panagiotis | en |
dc.creator | Damms, Nicolas Anthony | en |
dc.creator | McCallum, Lucy Moira | en |
dc.creator | Sarrigiannis, Ptolemaios Georgios | en |
dc.creator | Zis, Panagiotis | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-23T14:38:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-23T14:38:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0032-5481 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/64167 | |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is an entrapment neuropathy accounting for up to 90% of nerve compression syndromes. It causes both positive and negative symptoms in the hands. These symptoms, especially pain, can be debilitating, which can in turn have a negative effect on patients’ quality of life (QoL). The aim of this cross-sectional case-controlled study was two-fold | en |
dc.description.abstract | to compare the QoL of patients with CTS and subjects without CTS and to determine the effect of pain on QoL in patients with CTS.Methods: All patients underwent nerve conduction studies (NCS) and were classified into mild, moderate, severe. QoL was assessed via the SF-36 questionnaire.Results: Fifty-one patients and 45 age- and gender-matched controls were recruited. Prevalence of pain (determined as scoring 4 or above on a visual analog scale) in CTS was 39.2%. CTS patient health-related QOL scores were significantly reduced (p < 0.001) across all of the SF-36 domains, compared to the healthy control group scores. After adjusting for gender presence of pain was still significantly negatively correlated with scores for physical functioning (beta −0.283, p = 0.036).Conclusions: Patients with CTS have a significantly worse QoL compared to subjects without CTS. In addition, the presence of pain is a significant determinant of physical functioning in patients who have been diagnosed with CTS. | en |
dc.source | Postgraduate Medicine | en |
dc.source.uri | https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.2019.1694840 | |
dc.title | Pain as a determinant of health-related quality of life in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome | en |
dc.title | a case-controlled study | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00325481.2019.1694840 | |
dc.description.volume | 132 | |
dc.description.issue | 1 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 52 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 55 | |
dc.author.faculty | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.author.department | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Zis, Panagiotis [0000-0001-8567-3092] | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Sarrigiannis, Ptolemaios Georgios [0000-0002-8380-8755] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0001-8567-3092 | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-8380-8755 |
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