Appearance of congenital hand anomalies.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Impact of appearance of congenital hand anomalies has not previously been reported. The purpose of this study was to describe the common perception about how different congenitally malformed hands look.

Methods

We developed a questionnaire in a game format to evaluate the appearance of different hands. Altogether 1450 (954 females) 4- to 84-year-old residents (296 children) of two European and one Asian (n = 102) country were asked to rate the appearance of different looking hands on a five-point pictorial Likert-type scale. Standardized photographs of the dorsal aspect of 17 different congenitally malformed non-operated hands and a normal hand were presented to respondents. Significance of age, gender, nationality, and profession of the respondents

SUBMITTER: Nietosvaara NN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8551435 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature