Nerve Injury in the Hand, an Interview Study
- Conditions
- Nerve Injury
- Interventions
- Other: Surgery
- Registration Number
- NCT05080608
- Lead Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
- Brief Summary
This qualitative study sought to explore the exerience of change in physical activity due to nerve injury in the arm and hand.
- Detailed Description
Aim:
Has the physical activity level changed in connection with the nerve injury. Experiences of factors influensing this change.
Population: Patients surgically treated for digital,median,ulnar-or plexus nerveinjuries at Södersjukhuset or Universitets sjukhuset in Linköping. 1-3 years ago. Age 18-75.
Method: Interviews are carried out over the phone, digitally recorded and trascribed. The analysis is inductive approach.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 25
- Injury to the median, ulnar or digital nerve or injury to the brachial plexus.
- 1-5 years post injury.
- Severe psychiatric disease.
- Drug or alcohol abuse.
- Insufficient language understanding.
- Severe diabetes mellitus with nerve complications.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Nerve injury Surgery This is an interview study of patients with injury to the median, ulnar or digital nerve or brachial plexus injury.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Interview 1-5 years post injury A semi structured interview will be conducted, utilizing semi structured interview. Themes regarding changes in physical activity related to the nerve injury will be presented.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Karolinska institutet södersjukhuset
🇸🇪Stockholm, Sweden