Table 1.
Patient characteristics (n = 223)
| Characteristic | Number |
| Surgical intervention | |
| Carpal tunnel release | 57 (128) |
| Open reduction and internal fixation for a distal radius fracture | 43 (95) |
| Survey follow-up time in years | 1.1 ± 0.5 |
| Age in years | 60 ± 15 |
| Gender, women | 74 (165) |
| Insurance type | |
| Private | 55 (123) |
| Medicare | 34 (76) |
| Medicaid | 3 (6) |
| Other | 8 (18) |
| Racea | |
| White | 68 (151) |
| Black | 9 (19) |
| Other or unknown | 24 (53) |
| Ethnicitya (n = 214) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 81 (174) |
| Hispanic | 19 (40) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 58 (129) |
| Single | 26 (59) |
| Other | 16 (35) |
| Number of dependents | 0.54 ± 0.94 |
| Education level (n = 218) | |
| Some high school | 6 (13) |
| Completed high school | 26 (56) |
| Postsecondary education | 68 (149) |
| Employment status (n = 221) | |
| Full-time | 44 (97) |
| Part-time | 9 (20) |
| Unemployed | 6 (13) |
| Retired | 29 (64) |
| Unable to work or disabled | 12 (27) |
| Hand dominance (n = 219) | |
| Right | 88 (193) |
| Left | 12 (26) |
| Hand injured (n = 220) | |
| Right | 47 (104) |
| Left | 35 (77) |
| Both | 18 (39) |
| Prior loan? | |
| Yes | 16 (35) |
Results are presented as % (n) or mean ± SD.
a
Patient self-report.