Is It Useful to Assess Both QuickDASH and PRWE Scores

Objective/Hypothesis: Scoring systems are widely used in medicine and surgery. During the last decade, the reduced version of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Score (QuickDASH) has established itself as the main Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) questionnaire used by hand surgeons. Another measurement tool can be used when the condition affects more precisely the wrist: the Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE). The aim of this study is to find out how correlated these 2 scores are. Materials and Methods: More than 2000 wrist clinical evaluations (including QuickDASH and PRWE), performed for any kind of condition the last 2 years, were gathered and analyzed. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used to compare the visual analogue scale (VAS) score for pain, QuickDASH, and PRWE values. Results: There is a high correlation between these 3 subjective scores. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient reaches .70 when assessing VAS and QuickDASH, .73 when assessing VAS and PRWE, and ...