Comparison of patient preferences and responsiveness among common patient-reported outcome measures for hand/wrist injuries or disorders

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Standardized response mean (SRM) and effect size (ES) of each questionnaire (n = 51)

Questionnaire	Baseline mean (SD)	Mean follow-up (SD)	Mean difference (SD)	SRM	ES
PRWHE	56.77 (SD 20.45)	36.25 (SD 26.17)	20.52 (SD 22.39)	0.92	1.00
MHQ	50.36 (SD 19.92)	65.03 (SD 21.55)	14.66 (SD 17.40)	0.84	0.74
DASH	54.38 (SD 17.01)	41.39 (SD 17.71)	12.99 (SD 14.77)	0.88	0.76
EQ5D	0.51 (SD 0.23)	0.68 (SD 0.23)	0.16 (SD 0.23)	0.73	0.70

Mean time to follow-up = 56.25 days (SD 27.77)
Treatment: surgical treatment—29 patients (57%); conservative treatment—22 patients (43%)
DASH Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand, MHQ Michigan Hand Questionnaire, ES effect size, SD standard deviation, SRM standardized response mean