Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of analysis cohort by participation in occupation/hand therapy
| Therapy | No Therapy | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | 215 (80%) | 53 (20%) | |
| Female, n (%) | 189 (85%) | 43 (81%) | 0.20 |
| Age | |||
| mean (SD) | 71 (8.9) | 72 (9.1) | 0.44 |
| median (range)a | 69 (58–95) | 69 (60–97) | |
| Race, n (%) | |||
| Asian | 19 (9%) | 2 (4%) | 0.29 |
| Black | 9 (4%) | 6 (11%) | |
| White | 180 (84%) | 45 (85%) | |
| other | 4 (2%) | 0 | |
| missing | 3 (1%) | 0 | |
| Education, n (%) | |||
| High school diploma/GED or less | 75 (35%) | 27 (51%) | 0.07 |
| Vocational school/ associate’s degree/ some college | 68 (32%) | 10 (19%) | |
| Bachelor’s degree+ | 72 (33%) | 16 (30%) | |
| Employment – baseline, n (%) | |||
| Full-time | 36 (17%) | 8 (15%) | 0.26 |
| Part-time | 29 (13%) | 5 (9%) | |
| Retired | 137 (64%) | 32 (60%) | |
| Receiving disability | 2 (1%) | 3 (6%) | |
| Unemployed | 9 (4%) | 2 (4%) | |
| missing | 2 (1%) | 3 (6%) | |
| RAPA Functional Status – pre-injury, n (%) | |||
| Sedentary | 24 (11%) | 5 (9%) | 0.65 |
| Under-active | 102 (47%) | 29 (55%) | |
| Active | 88 (41%) | 19 (36%) | |
| missing | 1 (0%) | 0 | |
| Number of comorbidities | |||
| mean (SD) | 3.9 (2.6) | 3.4 (2.3) | 0.15 |
| median (range) | 4 (0–12) | 3 (0–12) | |
| Smoking status, n (%) | |||
| No | 122 (57%) | 24 (45%) | 0.003 |
| Former | 79 (37%) | 18 (34%) | |
| Current | 13 (6%) | 11 (21%) | |
| missing | 1 (0%) | 0 | |
| AO classification, n (%) | |||
| A1 | 2 (1%) | 0 | 0.83 |
| A2 | 93 (43%) | 22 (42%) | |
| A3 | 22 (10%) | 9 (17%) | |
| C1 | 15 (7%) | 3 (6%) | |
| C2 | 62 (29%) | 15 (28%) | |
| C3 | 2 (1%) | 0 | |
| missing | 19 (9%) | 4 (8%) | |
| n | 215 | 53 | |
| Injury to dominant hand, n (%) | 89 (41%) | 25 (47%) | 0.35 |
| Treatment received, n (%) | |||
| Surgery | 147 (68%) | 26 (49%) | 0.009 |
| Casting | 68 (32%) | 27 (51%) |