Patient-Perceived Hand Function Can Predict Treatment for Dupuytren Disease.

Background: Web-based patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) could help surgeons remotely assess the need for examination and subsequent treatment of patients with Dupuytren disease (DD). The authors studied whether the Unité Rhumatologique des Affections de la Main (URAM) and the Michigan Hand Questionnaire (MHQ) could predict DD treatment.

Methods: In this prospective cohort study, the authors compared MHQ and URAM scores of treated patients with those of untreated patients.