title: Demographical, clinical, and psychological differences of patients who suffered hand injury accidentally and by punching glass.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to compare patients who were injured by punching glass with patients who were injured accidentally, according to demographical, clinical, and psychological parameters.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Hand Injury Severity Score (HISS), the Duruöz Hand Index, the Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand scale (Q-DASH), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), the Adult Attention-Deficiency/Hyperactivity Scale (A-ADHS), the Borderline Personality Inventory (BPI), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used for evaluating severity of the injury, functionality, impact of the injury on the patient, attention deficiency, patterns of borderline personality symptoms, and level of depression, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients who were injured by punching glass were significantly younger and more likely to injure their dominant hand. The severity of injury and all psychological scales were significantly higher in patients who were injured by punching glass.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hand therapy specialists should be aware of potential problems in patients who were injured by punching glass.
authors: Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Denizli, Turkey. fsnsahin@hotmail.com.
authors: Füsun
authors: F
authors: Şahin
authors: Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Denizli, Turkey.
authors: Nuray
authors: N
authors: Akkaya
authors: Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Department of Physical and Rehabilitation, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors: Banu
authors: B
authors: Kuran
authors: Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Department of Physical and Rehabilitation, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors: Beril
authors: B
authors: Doğu
authors: Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Denizli, Turkey.
authors: Nilgün
authors: N
authors: Şimşir Atalay
authors: Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Denizli, Turkey.
authors: Nalan
authors: N
authors: Oğuzhanoğlu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult