2025 Volume 44 Issue 1 Pages 24-32
Although there are scattered associations between pain and functional and psychological factors in distal radius fractures, there are no studies looking at these associations with the use of the affected upper limb. This study investigated the association between functional and psychological factors and the use of the affected upper limb in the early postoperative period among patients with distal radius fractures, and between the patient's condition at 2 weeks postoperatively and chronic pain 3 months later. The results showed that PDAS was moderately correlated with PSEQ and Hand 20 with NRS. However, no association was found in the study in the presence of chronic pain. This suggests that patients with distal radius fractures may have higher self-efficacy with higher use of the affected upper limb in daily life from the early postoperative period.
