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Table 4 PROM values according to gender

From: A registry based analysis of the patient reported outcome after surgery for trapeziometacarpal joint osteoarthritis

 

Gender

Preoperative mean (SD)

3 months

mean (SD)

1 year

mean (SD)

Individual change Preop − 1 1 year mean (SD)

Pain at load

women

76 (17)

44 (25)

31 (26)

-43 (39) n = 280

men

73 (17)

43 (26)

26 (26)

-49 (25) n = 57

 

p = 0.06

p = 0.55

p = 0.08

p = 0.11

Pain on motion without load

women

59 (22)

24 (22)

16 (21)

-41 (28) n = 281

men

52 (24)

21 (22)

15 (22)

-38 (23) n = 57

 

p < 0.001

p = 0.10

p = 0.60

p = 0.51

Pain at rest

women

52 (24)

19 (22)

12 (19)

-37 (29) n = 279

men

43 (25)

15 (19)

9 (18)

-33 (23) n = 57

 

p < 0.001

p = 0.10

p = 0.05

p = 0.29

Stiffness

women

42 (28)

31 (24)

20 (23)

-18 (33) n = 281

men

38 (27)

29 (24)

18 (23)

-19 (32) n = 56

 

p = 0.21

p = 0.31

p = 0.42

p = 0.84

Weakness

women

66 (23)

44 (26)

36 (27)

-29 (31) n = 276

men

58 (27)

42 (25)

28 (25)

-35 (32) n = 57

 

p < 0.001

p = 0.46

p = 0.003

p = 0.19

ADL

women

65 (23)

36 (25)

24 (25)

-38 (32) n = 280

men

59 (23)

31 (27)

19 (24)

-44 (28) n = 56

 

p = 0.002

p = 0.04

p = 0.05

p = 0.18

QuickDASH

women

58 (16)

39 (20)

28 (21)

−31 (20) n = 273

men

48 (16)

34 (22)

19 (18)

−31 (18) n = 57

 

p < 0.001

p = 0.01

p < 0.001

p = 0,99

  1. The mean PROM values preoperatively, 3 months and 1 year postoperatively and the mean individual change according to gender. PROM values range from 0 (no problem) to 100 (worst problem imaginable)