Patient-reported outcomes after a distal radius fracture in adults: a 3–4 years follow-up

Figures & data

Table 1. Patient characteristics of response and non-response groups

Factor		Response	Non-response	p-value
Number, n (%)		285 (35)	538 (65)
Mean age (SD) (years)		62 (16)	61 (21)	0.7
Sex, n (%)	Male	71 (25)	157 (29)	0.2
	Female	214 (75)	381 (71)
AO fracture type, n (%)
A		113 (40)	250 (47)	0.1
B		90 (32)	161 (30)
C		82 (29)	127 (24)
Treatment group, n (%)
Nonoperative		195 (68)	431 (80)	< 0.001
Operative		90 (32)	107 (20)
Fractured side, n (%)	Left	159 (56)	286 (53)	0.6
	Right	126 (44)	250 (47)

Table 2. Characteristics of included participants

Patient characteristics
Number, n		272
Mean age (SD) (years)		62 (16)
Sex, n (%)	Male	69 (25)
	Female	203 (75)
Months of follow-up (SD)		46 (4)
AO fracture type, n (%)	A	107 (39)
	B	86 (32)
	C	79 (29)
Treatment group, n (%)	Non-operative	185 (68)
	Operative	87 (32)
Fractured side, n (%)	Left	149 (55)
Dominant side fractured, n (%)	No	123 (45)
	Missing	53 (20)

Table 3. Patient-reported outcomes for PRWE and EQ-5D. Values are mean (SD)

		PRWE	p-value	EQ-5D	p-value	EQ VAS	p-value
Total		11 (18)		0.88 (0.20)		80 (15)
Age	< 65	10 (16)	0.2	0.90 (0.20)	0.06	82 (15)	0.04
	≥ 65	12 (20)		0.85 (0.20)		78 (16)
Sex	Male	8 (13)	0.2	0.92 (0.16)	0.09	83 (14)	0.09
	Female	12 (20)		0.87 (0.21)		79 (16)
AO fracture type
A		9 (18)	0.6	0.88 (0.20)	0.6	80 (15)	0.9
B		11 (19)		0.89 (0.16)		79 (15)
C		12 (18)		0.86 (0.23)		80 (16)
Treatment group
Nonoperative		8 (15)	< 0.01	0.89 (0.19)	0.4	80 (15)	0.7
Operative		17 (22)		0.86 (0.22)		79 (16)
Dominant side fractures
Yes		10 (16)	0.3	0.87 (0.21)	0.9	78 (15)	0.3
No		13 (21)		0.86 (0.22)		80 (16)

Table 4. Mean PRWE score for conservative and operatively treated type A, B, and C fractures. Values are mean (SD)

	Non-operative		Operative treatment		PRWE difference	p-value
	n	PRWE	n	PRWE
AO fracture type
A	93	8 (15)	14	20 (29)	–12	0.002
B	67	7 (15)	19	25 (24)	–18	< 0.001
C	25	10 (14)	54	13 (19)	–2.9	0.2

Table 5. Multiple linear regression analysis of PRWE scores per fracture type

	n	Regression coefficient	(95% CI)	p-value
Type A fractures
Age	107	0.28	(–0.03 to 0.59)	0.08
Sex
Male	20	(ref)
Female	87	–5.4	(–17 to 6.6)	0.4
Dominant side fracture
Yes	36	(ref)
No	45	3.8	(–4.9 to 12)	0.4
Treatment
Non-operative	93	(ref)
Operative	14	11	(–0.5 to 23)	0.06
Type B fractures
Age	86	0.08	(–0.20 to 0.36)	0.6
Sex
Male	27	(ref)
Female	59	7.9	(–1.6 to 17)	0.1
Dominant side fracture
Yes	32	(ref)
No	41	2.9	(–5.6 to 11)	0.5
Treatment
Non-operative	67	(ref)
Operative	19	16	(5.6 to 25)	< 0.01
Type C fractures
Age	79	–0.32	(–0.66 to 0.02)	0.07
Sex
Male	22	(ref)
Female	57	11	(–0.36 to 22)	0.06
Dominant side fracture
Yes	28	(ref)
No	37	–0.78	(–10 to 8)	0.9
Treatment
Non-operative	25	(ref)
Operative	54	2.0	(–7.6 to 12)	0.7

Ref = reference group.