Psychological symptoms and the MCID of the DASH score in shoulder surgery

• Published in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 246
• Main Authors: Koorevaar, Rinco C T, Kleinlugtenbelt, Ydo V, Landman, Ellie B M, van 't Riet, Esther, Bulstra, Sjoerd K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 04.10.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Analysis; Anxiety; Arm; Care and treatment; Clinical outcomes; Cohort Studies; DASH shoulder surgery; Disability; Disability Evaluation; Elective Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Elective Surgical Procedures - psychology; Female; Hospitals; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Mental illness; Middle Aged; Minimal Clinically Important Difference; Orthopedics; Outcome and process assessment (Health Care); Pain; Pain Measurement - methods; Pain Measurement - psychology; Patients; Perceptions; Prospective Studies; Psychological symptoms MCID; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Rotator cuff; Shoulder; Shoulder Pain - diagnosis; Shoulder Pain - psychology; Shoulder Pain - surgery; Shoulder surgery; Surgery; Symptomatology; DASH shoulder surgery; Psychological symptoms MCID

Psychological symptoms are frequently present in patients scheduled for shoulder surgery. The perception of functional disability, activity level and pain in the shoulder is negatively influenced by psychological symptoms, which leads to higher scores of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Han...