Brigham and Women's Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire
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Objective
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The purpose of the test: In 1993, Levine et al developed The Brigham and Women’s Hospital Symptom Severity Scale (SSS) and Functional Status Scale (FSS) to measure symptom severity and functional status in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)1.
Intended Population
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Levine et al1
• Purpose of this study: development of the SSS and FSS and to assess reliability, validity, and responsiveness to clinical change
• 77 pts with CTS were included in this study, 39 evaluated pre-op and 1 yr post op carpal tunnel release (CTR), 28 were managed non-op
• 17 men, 50 women, 9 pt’s receiving workman’s compensation
• median age 57
• median duration of symptoms: 18 mo
Amadio et al 2
• Purpose of this study: to compare SSS and FSS responsiveness to clinical change to the following generic questionnaires: the DASH, AIMS2, and the SF-36 and to clinical examination findings and electrophysiological testing.
• 22 pt with CTS, evaluated 1 day prior and 3 mo post op CTR
• all patients had failed non-op therapy
• mean age 60
Katz et al 3
• Purpose of this study: to compare reliability, validity, and responsiveness of SSS and FSS in recipients and non-recipients of worker’s compensation
• 268 pts, 155 work comp, SSS and FSS were measured pre op CTR and 6 months post op CTR
• 197 women, 71 men
• mean age: 40
• mean symptom duration: work comp 2.2 mo, non work comp 5.6 mo
Ozyurekoglu et al 4
• purpose of this study: to calculate the MCID of the SSS in patients with CTS
• 28 pts included, results from SSS were analyzed prior to a carpal tunnel injection and 3 mo after a carpal tunnel injection
• 19 women, 9 men, no workmen’s compensation claims
• mean age: 38
• inclusion criteria: c/o intermittent hand numbness and waking at night due to numbness, no previous treatment of CTS
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Levine et al 1
• test- retest reliability: researchers measured scores on the SSS and FSS 2 days apart and calculated pearson correlation coefficients: SSS was 0.91 FSS was 0.93 (excellent)
Internal consistency: SSS Chronbach alpha 0.89, FSS Chronbach alpha 0.91
Katz et al 3
• Internal consistency: SSS Chronbach alpha for the non work comp group was 0.89, work comp group 0.89
FSS Chronbach alpha for the non work comp group was 0.88, work comp group 0.89
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