Trend of Quality of Life in Patients with Traumatic Hand Injury

Shamsi, Afzal; Ss, Ziya; Shahabinejad, R; Midwifery, Tehran

doi:10.29252/mcs.5.3.165

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“…consistent with the results of a six-month follow-up that showed patients' physical performance was significantly worse compared to the time of injury (14). Although there is controversy in this field (15,16), it seems that treatment with a splint and the resulting immobility reduces the physical dimension score, at least in the short term (17). This can be due to the individuals' unfamiliarity with the limitations that a splint can create, and after a month and familiarity with the effects of a splint on the quality of life, the patient's responses to the questionnaire might have been affected.…”

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The Quality of Life of Trauma Patients with Splint Immobilization

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Background: Different countries have used different methods to reduce trauma-related mortality and its complications. Objectives: Splint is a temporary and conventional method of fixing an injured organ. Therefore, evaluating the quality of life in trauma patients with splint immobilization is important. Methods: This prospective study was performed on 287 trauma patients with splint immobilization in two baseline periods and one month later in Haft-e-Tir and Rasoul-e-Akram hospitals. The Data collection tool was the SF-36 quality of life questionnaire. Paired t-test was used to assess the changes in the quality of life. SPSS version 21 was used for statistical analysis. Results: The mean quality of life in the study's first phase was 76.31 ± 9.42, and one month after splint immobilization was 76.13 ± 8.98, and there was no significant difference between the two phases. The Splint immobilization of the patients significantly affected the quality of life in 5 out of 8 dimensions. Still, the intervention increased the scores in 3 dimensions and decreased scores in 2 dimensions. The results showed that social performance (P = 0.01), energy and vitality (P < 0.001), and emotional health (P < 0.001) increased, and physical performance (P = 0.01) and general health (P = 0.001) decreased, and they were significantly different in the two phases. There were no significant differences between emotional limitation, physical limitation, and pain in the two phases of the study. Conclusions: Splint immobilization of patients improved the quality of life in 5 out of 8 dimensions. After a month, the trauma-related mental and physical shock did not disappear, and even the patients were more sensitive to quality-of-life questions due to time spent with splint immobilization and familiarity with its limitations. The patients tried to reflect on their dissatisfaction with splint immobilization.

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The Quality of Life of Trauma Patients with Splint Immobilization

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“…The most notable finding of this study was those intertrochanteric femoral fractures cause derangements in patient QoL, even when there were no complications and in cases with full healing achieving. The QoL of trauma patients and those with fractures and bone and soft tissue injuries has not been well studies in Iran, and most of the available studies are from the Western countries (18). However, regarding intertrochanteric fractures, there were some studies from Iran that assesses the outcomes of treatment of these injuries and QoL of patients having the injury (6,7,15).…”

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Evaluation of quality of life and associated factors in patients with intertrochanteric femoral fracture

Afzal,

Esmaeilnejad-Ganji,

Ghasemi

et al. 2023

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Background: Intertrochanteric fracture is a common injury among the elderly population causing fundamental lifestyle derangements, which influences the patients’ social and psychological functioning. We aimed to study the quality of life (QoL) and its different parameters in patients with this type of injury. Materials and methods: In this cohort study, all patients hospitalized with intertrochanteric fracture and aged above 50 from 2020 to the 2022 at the Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Babol, Iran, were included. Patients were managed mostly surgically and in exceptional cases non-surgically, were followed up for at least 12 months after receiving treatment. During the follow-up period, patients were dialed and completed a questionnaire to assess the patients' QoL by the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). QoL parameters were analyzed based on patients’ sex, age, type of treatment, and height of fall causing fracture. Result: A total number of 200 patients including 101 (50.5%) males and 99 (49.5%) females with mean age of patients was 74.76 ± 11.36 years (range: 50-99) were included. Regarding the received treatment, 192 (96.0%) patients underwent surgery, and 8 (4.0%) underwent non-surgical treatment. In the study of SF-36 scores, the mean score of male patients was 42.31±14.58 and females scored 37.83±15.35, and the difference was statistically significant (P=0.04). The mean score of QoL and its subscales among the patients of the 50-75 group was significantly higher than the 76-99 group (P<0.001). The average score of QoL was considerably higher in patients who had surgery (40.75±14.57) compared to those who has non-surgical treatment (24.30±19.85) (P=0.01). Patients having a fall from a higher height had higher QoL after treatment. Conclusion: This study revealed that patients with an intertrochanteric femoral fracture had a poor QoL in all aspects. The overall QoL was significantly higher among male patients, younger patients, those who underwent surgical treatment, and the falls from higher heights. These findings highlight the necessity of long-term follow-up and support in patients with intertrochanteric fractures.

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“…healing achieving. The QoL of trauma patients and those with fractures and bone and soft tissue injuries was not well studied in Iran, and most of the available studies are from Western countries [19]. However, regarding intertrochanteric fractures, some studies from Iran assessed the outcomes of treatment of these injuries and the QoL of patients having the injury [6,7,15].…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluation of quality of life and associated factors in patients with intertrochanteric femoral fracture

Ghasemi,

Esmaeilnejad-Ganji,

Manafi Rasi

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Background Intertrochanteric fracture is a common injury among the elderly, causing fundamental lifestyle derangements, influencing the patients’ social and psychological functioning. We aimed to study the quality of life (QoL) and its different parameters in patients with this type of injury. Materials and methods In this cross-sectional study, all patients hospitalized with intertrochanteric fracture aged above 50 from 2020 to 2022 at the Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Babol, Iran, were included. Patients were primarily managed surgically and, in exceptional cases non-surgically, were followed up for at least 12 months after receiving treatment. During the follow-up period, patients were dialled and completed a questionnaire to assess the patient’s QoL by the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). QoL parameters were analyzed based on patients’ sex, age, type of treatment, and height of fall causing fracture. Result A total number of 200 patients, including 101 (50.5%) males and 99 (49.5%) females, with a mean age of 74.76±11.36 years (range: 50–99), were included. Regarding the received treatment, 192 (96.0%) patients underwent surgery, and 8 (4.0%) underwent non-surgical treatment. In the study of SF-36 scores, the mean score of male patients was 42.31±14.58, and females scored 37.83±15.35, and the difference was statistically significant (P = 0.04). The mean score of QoL and its subscales among the 50–75 group patients was significantly higher than the 76–99 group (P<0.001). The average score of QoL was considerably higher in patients who had surgery (40.75±14.57) compared to those who had non-surgical treatment (24.30±19.85) (P = 0.01). Patients having a fall from a higher height had higher QoL after treatment. Conclusion This study revealed that patients with an intertrochanteric femoral fracture had poor QoL in all aspects. The overall QoL was significantly higher among male patients, younger patients, those who underwent surgical treatment, and the falls from higher heights. These findings highlight the necessity of long-term follow-up and support in patients with intertrochanteric fractures.

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Trend of Quality of Life in Patients with Traumatic Hand Injury

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

The Quality of Life of Trauma Patients with Splint Immobilization

The Quality of Life of Trauma Patients with Splint Immobilization

Evaluation of quality of life and associated factors in patients with intertrochanteric femoral fracture

Evaluation of quality of life and associated factors in patients with intertrochanteric femoral fracture

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