Socioeconomic Factors in Patients with Ulnar Nerve Compression at the Elbow: A National Registry-Based Study
Table 1
Socioeconomic factors in surgically treated cases with ulnar nerve compression at the elbow divided into age categories.
18-42 ()
43-52 ()
53-62 ()
>63 ()
value
All ()
Sex, female (%)
197 (58)
155 (46)
159 (46)
138 (43)
0.001
649 (48)
Born outside Sweden (%)
53 (16)
59 (18)
78 (22)
34 (11)
0.001
224 (17)
Highest education level (%)
95 (28)
77 (23)
79 (23)
79 (25)
0.35
330 (25)
Sick days/employed year Median (IQR)
19 (6-54)
16 (4-42)
16 (5-41)
6 (0-24)
<0.0001
13 (3-38)
Days as unemployed/year Median (IQR)
29 (9-56)
16 (3-40)
6 (0-30)
0 (0-6)
<0.0001
7 (0-32)
Unemployed during year of surgery (%)
88 (26)
94 (28)
116 (33)
258 (81)
<0.0001
556 (41)
Ever received social assistance (%)
170 (50)
173 (51)
156 (45)
90 (28)
<0.0001
589 (44)
Mean annual earnings, 1000 SEK Median (IQR)
160 (0-284)
199 (97-287)
198 (45-280)
147 (35-271)
0.002
183 (39-281)
Preoperative QuickDASH Median (IQR)
50 (25-66)
51 (27-68)
55 (35-66)
50 (32-63)
0.54
50 (30-66)
3 months postoperative QuickDASH Median (IQR)
30 (14-59)
32 (11-52)
25 (11-55)
34 (14-56)
0.63
32 (12-55)
12 months postoperative QuickDASH Median (IQR)
41 (22-60)
28 (11-50)
39 (15-57)
34 (11-62)
0.22
36 (14-57)
Change in QuickDASH 0-12 months Median (IQR)
12 (1-26)
14 (0-25)
7 (-2-19)
11 (5-21)
0.64
11 (0-21)
Data presented as (%) or median (interquartile range; IQR), as stated. compared to the column to the left. Kruskal-Wallis test with subsequent Bonferroni corrections for multiple tests.
