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01-05-2021 | Anxiety Disorder | Original Paper

The relationship between impulsivity and anxiety and recurrent metacarpal fractures due to punch injury

Authors: Altuğ Duramaz, Alican Koluman, Altan Duramaz, Cemal Kural

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 5/2021

Abstract

Purpose

The study aimed to determine the relationship between impulsivity and anxiety and recurrent metacarpal fractures (RMF) due to punching injury.

Methods

Consecutive 368 patients (301 men and 67 women) with metacarpal fracture who met the inclusion criteria and 214 healthy controls were included in the study. The study group was divided into two as the first metacarpal fracture (FMF) (245 patients) and RMF (123 patients). The control group consisted of sex- and age-matched 214 healthy participants (175 men and 39 women). Beck anxiety inventory (BAI), Barratt impulsiveness scale (BIS 11), and Quick DASH scores were the assessment of the patients in the sixth month of treatment. The groups were compared in terms of demographic features (including education status, marital status, work status, and level of income), fracture side, fracture location, dominant hand, treatment, anxiety, impulsivity, and functional results.

Results

In the RMF, BIS 11, BAI, and Quick DASH scores were significantly higher than the FMF and the healthy controls (p = 0.001 and p = 0.001, respectively). The patients with RMF have higher impulsivity and anxiety, worse short-term functional outcomes, and lower level of income and education status compared with healthy controls and FMF.

Conclusion

Anxiety and impulsivity are higher in patients with RMF. It adversely affects the clinical outcome after the treatment. Psychiatric consultation is an important step for especially intentional RMF patients to prevent recurrent hand injuries and metacarpal fractures and to improve clinical outcomes associated with these injuries.

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Title: The relationship between impulsivity and anxiety and recurrent metacarpal fractures due to punch injury
Authors: Altuğ Duramaz
Alican Koluman
Altan Duramaz
Cemal Kural
Publication date: 01-05-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Anxiety Disorder
Metacarpal Fracture
Hand Injury
Anxiety
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 5/2021
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-020-04794-5

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The relationship between impulsivity and anxiety and recurrent metacarpal fractures due to punch injury

Abstract

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusion

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Abstract

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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