Affiliation:
1. University of Rochester Medical Center, NY, USA
Abstract
Background: The utility of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) in monitoring clinical progress after carpal tunnel release (CTR) in patients of different ages remains unknown. We sought to evaluate early PROMIS scores in elderly patients (ie, those aged ≥65 years) after CTR and compare those with all younger patients after CTR. Methods: Patients presenting to a single academic medical center for CTR between September 2018 and January 2020 completed PROMIS physical function (PF), pain interference (PI), and upper extremity (UE) computer adaptive tests and answered a single 5-point Likert-scale question evaluating subjective changes in their condition following CTR. Patients were divided into 3 age groups, and preoperative and postoperative PROMIS scores were compared. Results: In all, 214 patients fit inclusion criteria: 86 aged 18-54 years, 71 aged 55-64 years, and 57 aged ≥65 years. Subjective improvement was reported in 70.9% (n = 61), 84.5% (n = 60), and 71.9% (n = 41) of patients aged ≤54, 55-64, and ≥65 years, respectively. Patients aged ≤54 years showed significantly worse UE scores ( P = .02), whereas those aged 55-64 years demonstrated significant worsening in all 3 PROMIS domains ( P < .01). Patients aged ≥65 years who reported subjective improvement after CTR demonstrated significant improvement in PI scores ( P = .03), whereas significant worsening of all PROMIS scores was observed in the subset of patients aged 55-64 years who reported subjective improvement ( P < .01, .04, and .04 for PF, PI, and UE, respectively). Conclusions: Younger patients showed worsening in PROMIS scores after CTR, whereas elderly patients did not show similar magnitude reductions in PROMIS scores. Moreover, the subset of elderly patients endorsing subjective improvement after CTR had reduced PI scores, consistent with less postoperative pain limitations.
Subject
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery
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