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. 2020 Feb 1;21:63. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-3045-7

Table 4.

PROM values according to gender

Gender Preoperative mean (SD) 3 months
mean (SD)
1 year
mean (SD)
Individual change Preop − 1 1 year mean (SD)
Pain at load women 76 (17) 44 (25) 31 (26) -43 (39) n = 280
men 73 (17) 43 (26) 26 (26) -49 (25) n = 57
p = 0.06 p = 0.55 p = 0.08 p = 0.11
Pain on motion without load women 59 (22) 24 (22) 16 (21) -41 (28) n = 281
men 52 (24) 21 (22) 15 (22) -38 (23) n = 57
p < 0.001 p = 0.10 p = 0.60 p = 0.51
Pain at rest women 52 (24) 19 (22) 12 (19) -37 (29) n = 279
men 43 (25) 15 (19) 9 (18) -33 (23) n = 57
p < 0.001 p = 0.10 p = 0.05 p = 0.29
Stiffness women 42 (28) 31 (24) 20 (23) -18 (33) n = 281
men 38 (27) 29 (24) 18 (23) -19 (32) n = 56
p = 0.21 p = 0.31 p = 0.42 p = 0.84
Weakness women 66 (23) 44 (26) 36 (27) -29 (31) n = 276
men 58 (27) 42 (25) 28 (25) -35 (32) n = 57
p < 0.001 p = 0.46 p = 0.003 p = 0.19
ADL women 65 (23) 36 (25) 24 (25) -38 (32) n = 280
men 59 (23) 31 (27) 19 (24) -44 (28) n = 56
p = 0.002 p = 0.04 p = 0.05 p = 0.18
QuickDASH women 58 (16) 39 (20) 28 (21) −31 (20) n = 273
men 48 (16) 34 (22) 19 (18) −31 (18) n = 57
p < 0.001 p = 0.01 p < 0.001 p = 0,99

The mean PROM values preoperatively, 3 months and 1 year postoperatively and the mean individual change according to gender. PROM values range from 0 (no problem) to 100 (worst problem imaginable)