What do Patients Expect After Scaphoid Fractures?

Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Expectations

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05190887

KuwaitIMS

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will assess patients expectations pre-op and assess their views on their outcome at one year follow up

Full description

Using Trauma expectation factor and trauma outcome measure questionnaire. At fracture time and at one year post fracture

Analyse according to age, sex, fracture pattern, type of intervention

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Confirmed diagnosis of a scaphoid fracture
• Age > 18
• Consent for one year follow up

Exclusion criteria

• Age <18
• Polytrauma (Multiple systems/ Multiple fractures)
• Ipsilateral fractures of the upper limb that may become distracting or affect rehabilitation
• Delayed presentation with higher risk of non-union or avascular necrosis