Return to Work After Hand Injury: the Role of Medical, Demographic and Psycho-Social Factors

Soroka University Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hand Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: Questionnaires and motor/sensitivity testing

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00687427

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent of return to work (RTW) after traumatic hand injury and to identify factors that are related to RTW.

Full description

RTW is one of the main rehabilitation outcomes after injury, the loss of the ability to work may have psychological as well as economic impact on the injured person. Time off work is also a burden to the economic system, associated with loss of work days, sick leave and national insurance payment. Hand injury can cause limitations in function, therefore influence the ability to work. Review of the literature reveals that time off work after hand injury ranges from a few days to a year and more. Factors associated with time off work include medical, socio-economic and psychosocial factors. Only a few studies have been conducted in Israel to investigate rate of RTW after hand injury and factors that affect RTW . The aim of this study is to explore the extent of RTW after traumatic hand injury and to examine the relationship between several factors - medical, demographic and psychosocial and RTW. This, in order to identify prognostic factors that can be treated during rehabilitation. There is no preliminary hypothesis made about the relationships between the factors and RTW. This study is also retrospective and prospective since it examine individuals under-going occupational therapy treatment and individuals who have been treated in the past.

Enrollment: 75 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The individual worked until he/she was injured
• Traumatic hand injury including: wrist fractures, fingers fractures, tendon injury, nerve injury, Crush injury, finger amputation

Exclusion criteria

• Non traumatic hand injury (such as CTS)
• Mallet finger
• Burns
• Injury in several organs

Trial design

75 participants in 3 patient groups

A

Description:

Group A - 25 individuals or more, that start occupational therapy and agree to participate in the research.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Questionnaires and motor/sensitivity testing

Behavioral: Questionnaires and motor/sensitivity testing

Behavioral: Questionnaires and motor/sensitivity testing

B

Description:

Group B- 25 individuals or more, half a year after hand injury that were treated in occupational therapy at the same institute.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Questionnaires and motor/sensitivity testing

Behavioral: Questionnaires and motor/sensitivity testing

Behavioral: Questionnaires and motor/sensitivity testing

C

Description:

Group C - 25 individuals or more, a year after hand injury that were treated in occupational therapy at the same institute

Treatment:

Behavioral: Questionnaires and motor/sensitivity testing

Behavioral: Questionnaires and motor/sensitivity testing

Behavioral: Questionnaires and motor/sensitivity testing