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

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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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  1. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital, Tevfik Sağlam St. Number 11, 34147, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey

    Altuğ Duramaz, Alican Koluman & Cemal Kural

  2. Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education, Şehit Mehmet Öter Street, Number 1, 27090, Şehitkamil, Gaziantep, Turkey

    Altan Duramaz

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Duramaz, A., Koluman, A., Duramaz, A. et al. The relationship between impulsivity and anxiety and recurrent metacarpal fractures due to punch injury. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 45, 1315–1328 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-020-04794-5

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