READ ME File For: Clinical survey Data - RETURN TO WORK AFTER CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE: A SURVEY OF UK HAND SURGEONS AND HAND THERAPISTS (thesis chapter 4).

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1190

ReadMe Author: LISA NEWINGTON, University of Southampton, ORCID 0000-0001-6954-2981

This dataset supports the thesis entitled: RETURN TO WORK AFTER CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE: WHAT SHOULD WE ADVISE OUR PATIENTS?

AWARDED BY: University of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2019

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
UK hand surgeons, primary care surgeons and hand therapists were surveyed via their professional bodies to explore their recommended timescales for return to work after carpal tunnel release. A combination of electronic and paper-based questionnaires were used. 

These datasets comprise 154 surgeons and 118 therapists and are stored as a Stata data file. 

These datasets contains:
1. Clinical01 (surgeons)
2. Therapist01 (hand therapists)

Date of data collection: Paper questionnaires were collected at the British Society for Surgery of the Hand and British Association of Hand Therapists joint conference in Cardiff on 14 and 15 October 2016. Electronic questionnaires were collected between October and November 2016. 

Data is available on request to researchers with ethical approval or equivalent using the form http://library.soton.ac.uk/datarequest

Related projects/Funders:
Lisa Newington was funded by an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship ((NIHR DRF-2015-08-056). 
The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the NIHR, NHS or Department of Health and Social Care. 


Related publications:
Newington L, Francis K, Ntani G, Warwick D, Adams J, Walker-Bone K (2018). Return to work recommendations after carpal tunnel release: a survey of UK hand surgeons and hand therapists. Journal of Hand Surgery [European] 43(8): 875-78
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1753193418786375


Newington L, Warwick D, Adams J, Walker-Bone K (2018). Variation in preoperative management of carpal tunnel syndrome. RCS Bulletin 100(5):199-200
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsbull.2018.199


Date that the file was created: January, 2020

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