Table 1.
Percentage of surveyed hand surgeons with disorders and their requirement of time off work according to sex, age, hand dominance, type of practice, number of institutes, years in practice and annual caseload, n (%)
|
|
Number of respondents
|
Number of respondents with injuries
|
Number of Injured requiring time off work
|
| Age (yr) | |||
| ≤ 45 | 151 | 91 (60.3) | 10 (6.6) |
| 46-55 | 146 | 90 (61.6) | 20 (13.7) |
| 56-65 | 173 | 102 (59) | 42 (24.3) |
| > 65 | 108 | 66 (61.1) | 30 (27.8) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 490 | 292 (59.6) | 87 (17.8) |
| Female | 88 | 57 (64.8) | 15 (17) |
| Hand dominance | |||
| Right | 518 | 316 (61) | 92 (17.8) |
| Left | 60 | 33 (55) | 10 (16.7) |
| Type of practice | |||
| Academic | 171 | 111 (64.9) | 33 (19.3) |
| Community | 186 | 114 (61.3) | 38 (20.4) |
| Private | 182 | 99 (54,4) | 27 (14.8) |
| Other | 39 | 25 (64.1) | 4 (10.3) |
| Number of institutes | |||
| 1 | 544 | 329 (60.5) | 98 (18.1) |
| > 1 | 34 | 20 (58.8) | 4 (11.8) |
| Years in practice | |||
| ≤ 10 | 145 | 86 (59.3) | 9 (6.2) |
| 11-20 | 135 | 85 (63) | 20 (14.8) |
| 21-30 | 175 | 103 (58.9) | 38 (21.7) |
| > 30 | 123 | 75 (61) | 35 (28.5) |
| Annual caseload | |||
| ≤ 250 | 110 | 55 (50) | 19 (17.3) |
| 251-500 | 273 | 179 (65.6) | 52 (19) |
| 501-750 | 117 | 65 (55.6) | 19 (16.2) |
| > 750 | 78 | 50 (64.1) | 12 (15.4) |