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What is Hand splints?

Hand splints are used for the treatment of contractures and to prevent and ameliorate existing conditons.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Fingers curl 29 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Stiffness/Spasticity 29 2 Efficacy_moderate
Other 17 0
Pain 8 0
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 6 0
Weakness in hands 5 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 79 patients currently using Hand splints

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 2
None
 11

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Hand splints

Pain 1
as above 1
loss of use 1
Pain in thumbs 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 10   Other: 48%
Course of treatment ended 5   Course of treatment ended: 24%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 19%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 10%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 5%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 5%

See all 21 patients who’ve stopped using Hand splints

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Hand splints

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Hand splints

Always
 4 29%
Usually
 5 36%
Sometimes
 5 36%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hand splints

Very
 1 7%
Somewhat
 3 21%
A little
 5 36%
Not at all
 5 36%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hand splints

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 100%

Report created on May 28, 2012.