Table 1.
Pretreatment sociodemographic characteristics
| First sample | Second sample | |||||
| (EQ-5D, VAS Pain, and VAS Hand function) | (IPQ, PHQ-4) | |||||
| Variable | COVID-19 period (n = 616) | Reference period (n = 997) | p value | COVID-19 period (n = 313) | Reference period (n = 222) | p value |
| Age, mean ± SD | 52 ± 16 | 53 ± 14 | 0.17 | 57 ± 13 | 59 ± 12 | 0.15 |
| Sex % men (n) | 37% (228) | 35% (348) | 0.42 | 33% (104) | 38% (85) | 0.27 |
| Hand dominance, % right hand (n) | 86% (527) | 87% (867) | 0.30 | 88% (275) | 90% (199) | 0.84 |
| Treatment side, % right hand (n) | 45% (279) | 46% (455) | 0.51 | 48% (151) | 53% (117) | 0.13 |
| Measurement track, % (n) | 0.19 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Thumb regular | 17% (103) | 18% (184) | 32% (101) | 45% (99) | ||
| Thumb extended | 6% (34) | 8% (76) | 12% (39) | 17% (38) | ||
| Dupuytren’s | 5% (30) | 5% (47) | 15% (48) | 24% (54) | ||
| Nerve (de)compression | 15% (95) | 14% (141) | 40% (125) | 14% (31) | ||
| Wrist regular | 22% (135) | 24% (238) | ||||
| Wrist extended | 12% (75) | 8% (83) | ||||
| Finger regular | 20% (125) | 20% (196) | ||||
| Finger extended | 3% (19) | 3% (32) | ||||
| Nonsurgical treatment, % (n) | 30% (187) | 33% (332) | 0.24 | 28% (87) | 35% (78) | 0.09 |
| Second opinion = no, % (n) | 95% (585) | 94% (939) | 0.34 | 98% (306) | 98% (218) | 1.00 |
| Type of Work, % (n) | 0.21 | 0.50 | ||||
| Unemployed | 32% (196) | 32% (321) | 38% (119) | 44% (97) | ||
| Light physical labor | 32% (196) | 28% (279) | 31% (97) | 27% (59) | ||
| Moderate physical labor | 25% (157) | 26% (261) | 22% (70) | 20% (45) | ||
| Heavy physical labor | 11% (67) | 14% (136) | 8% (26) | 9% (21) | ||
| Duration of symptoms in months, median (IQR) | 6 (4 to 18) | 8 (4 to 18) | 0.16 | 9 (5 to 24) | 12 (6 to 24) | 0.26 |