Table 1.
Patients characteristics
| Mean | SD | Range | |
| Age in years | 53 | 15 | 20–87 |
| Median | IQR | Range | |
| Years of education | 16 | 12–16 | 8–25 |
| n | % | ||
| Sex | |||
| Men | 92 | 34 | |
| Women | 177 | 66 | |
| Diagnosis | |||
| De Quervain’s tendinopathy | 69 | 26 | |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 90 | 33 | |
| Trigger Finger | 47 | 17 | |
| Ganglion cyst | 11 | 4 | |
| Mallet finger | 52 | 19 | |
| Health-related outcomes | |||
| Median | IQR | Range | |
| QuickDASH/DASH score | 21 | 11–36 | 0–86 |
| Depression score | |||
| CES-D (n = 248) | 9 | 3–16 | 0–49 |
| PHQ-9 (n = 21) | 1 | 0–2 | 0–9 |
SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, DASH disability of the arm, shoulder and hand, CES-D centre of epidemiologic studies depression scale, PHQ patient health questionnaire