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J S Casanova

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PubMed1993

Hand dexterity in hospital personnel with multiple needlestick injuries.

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that multiple needlestick injuries in hospital employees may be due to intrinsic deficits in hand dexterity. DESIGN: A case-control study comparing employees with multiple reported needlestick injuries to those with none. Hand dexterity was tested using the Purdue Pegboard Test, a standardized validated test of hand dexterity. SETTING: A 300-bed, acute care teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Fifteen hospital employees who sustained four or more injuries were compared to 19 controls. RESULTS: No differences were detected in hand dexterity between the case and control groups. CONCLUSIONS: While employees with multiple needlestick injuries accounted for 85% of reported injuries, underlying factors responsible for injuries in this high-risk subgroup do not include measurable deficits in hand dexterity.

Case-Control Studies↗
PubMed1991

Hand function in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Using validated clinical tests and standardized controls, we measured hand function in diabetic subjects. Fifteen diabetic patients (median age 48 years), all having used insulin for a minimum of 5 years, were randomly selected from inpatient and outpatient services of an academic medical center. Testing was done on an outpatient basis. The three hand function tests used were the Purdue Pegboard, O'Connor Tweezer Dexterity, and Smith Hand Function. A symptom questionnaire was also included in the study. Function was significantly decreased in the diabetic group, and the decrease was out of proportion to their own subjective pretest assessments. These findings may have implications for occupational performance as well as activities of daily living.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed1976

Comprehensive evaluation of basic living skills.

In this paper a rationale is established for an evaluation of basic living skills for chronic psychiatric patients living in mental institutions, and a comprehensive evaluation is presented. The advantages of this battery of tests over currently used activities of daily living scales are: it is specifically designed for psychiatric patients, it tests a wide range of skills, the items are graded in complexity, it can be administered in full or in part, and it has a scoring system and a summary that indicates the patient's functional status. The information gained from the evaluation improves staff communication about patient care and aids in the planning of the patient's future placement or treatment situation.

Activities of Daily Living↗