title: Psychologic aspects of Dupuytren's disease: a new scale of subjective well-being of patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dupuytren's disease usually appears in middle-age patients and is more prevalent in men than women (2-10 times less often than in men). Dupuytren's disease may accompany diabetes, smoking, alcoholism, HIV, and epilepsy. There is no cure for this disease. The disease causes a remarkable worsening of the quality of life resulting mainly from two factors: reduced physical performance or disability, and disfigurement.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 38 patients suffering from Dupuytrens's disease. The study was done in 2007-2008 at the Second Department of Surgery of the Jagiellonian University. We used the Dupuytrens disease scale of subjective well being of patients (DDSP) questionnaire covering four areas of the quality of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Blue-collar workers experienced more severe problems at work than white-collar workers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There were no differences between location of the disease in left- and right-handed patients.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Kliniczny Kliniki Chirurgii Ogólnej i Naczyniowej Szpitala Uniwersyteckiego w Krakowie, ul. Kopernika 21, 31-501 Kraków.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trybus
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bednarek
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lorkowski
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Teul
mesh_terms: D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations / Q000145:classification; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires