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. 2023 Aug 12;15(8):e43358. doi: 10.7759/cureus.43358

Table 5. The factors associated with BCTQ scores.

BCTQ: Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire, SSS: symptom severity scale, FSS: functional status scale, BMI: body mass index, D: dominant, ND: non-dominant.

  BCTQ-SSS BCTQ-FSS BCTSQ- Total
  Correlation Coefficient p Correlation Coefficient p Correlation Coefficient p
Frequency of object dropping .206 0.017 .276** 0.001 .250** 0.003
Occupational hand usage (hours/week) .239 0.005 .227** 0.008 .261** 0.002
Total activity (hours/week) .142 0.001 .252** 0.003 .218* 0.011
Height (m) -0.092 0.321 -0.044 0.633 -0.064 0.494
Weight (kg) -.189 0.041 -0.174 0.059 -.187* 0.043
BMI (kg/m2) -.209 0.023 -.213* 0.021 -.224* 0.015
Wrist thickness D -0.109 0.355 -0.137 0.243 -0.122 0.299
Wrist thickness ND -0.127 0.283 -0.174 0.14 -0.144 0.225
Wrist width D -0.206 0.078 -0.209 0.073 -0.206 0.078
Wrist width ND -0.18 0.126 -0.17 0.149 -0.166 0.157
Hand length D -0.039 0.747 -0.105 0.381 -0.065 0.59
Hand length ND -0.034 0.776 -0.082 0.491 -0.047 0.69