Demographical, clinical, and psychological differences of patients who suffered hand injury accidentally and by punching glass

Year 2015, Volume: 49 Issue: 4, 361 - 369, 19.08.2015

Fusun Sahin Nuray Akkaya , Banu Kuran Beril Dogu , Nilgun Simsir Atalay , Nalan Oguzhanoglu

https://doi.org/10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0255

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare patients who were injured by punching glass with patients who were injured accidentally, according to demographical, clinical, and psychological parameters.
Methods: The Hand Injury Severity Score (HISS), the Duruöz Hand Index, the Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand scale (Q-DASH), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), the Adult Attention-Deficiency/Hyperactivity Scale (A-ADHS), the Borderline Personality Inventory (BPI), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used for evaluating severity of the injury, functionality, impact of the injury on the patient, attention deficiency, patterns of borderline personality symptoms, and level of depression, respectively.
Results: Patients who were injured by punching glass were significantly younger and more likely to injure their dominant hand. The severity of injury and all psychological scales were significantly higher in patients who were injured by punching glass.
Conclusion: Hand therapy specialists should be aware of potential problems in patients who were injured by punching glass.

Keywords

Hand injury/injuries, post-traumatic, psychology, rehabilitation, stress disorder

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