title: Measuring outcomes in hand surgery.
abstract: Methods for measuring outcomes after hand and upper extremity surgery continue to evolve, but remain inconsistent in quality. This article reviews the use of patient-reported outcomes measures in patients having upper extremity surgery, and provides a practical guide to questionnaire selection, assessment, and use. It also presents the future direction of health services research, and how it will drive changes in measuring outcomes in hand surgery.
authors.affiliation: Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan Health System, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5340, USA.
authors.forename: Aviram M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Giladi
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires