| dc.description.abstract | The QuickDASH patient reported outcome measure is frequently used to assess disabilities and symptoms of the upper extremity. We investigated if a remembered preoperative QuickDASH is useful in audits where real preoperative QuickDASH scores are unavailable. We obtained remembered preoperative QuickDASH scores from 160 patients operated for Dupuytren’s contracture, carpal tunnel syndrome, thumb basal joint arthrosis, acromial impingement, and acromioclavicular arthrosis 45 (39-67) months previously. All patients had completed QuickDASH questionnaires before surgery. Paired T-tests, linear mixed models and limits of agreement were used for analyses. There was a significant difference between remembered and real preoperative scores (mean 7.6, SD 15.6; SEM 1.2). Neither diagnosis, age, gender, nor time between surgery and review influenced the difference significantly. The remembered preoperative QuickDASH cannot be used in individual patients because of the high inaccuracy when remembering. However, it may be useful when analyzing groups of patients, if one adjusts for a mean overestimation of eight points. | nb_NO |
