Italian Translation of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire
Italian Translation of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are important clinical items for evaluating
 injuries and recovery of the hand. Some of the most used Questionnaires, unfortunately, are
 not available in Italian.
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are important clinical items for evaluating
 injuries and recovery of the hand. Some of the most used Questionnaires, unfortunately, are
 not available in Italian. This poses a problem when evaluating Italian speaking patients. Our
 aim is to develop a culturally adapted Italian version of the Michigan Hand Questionnaire.
 There is no risk involved for the patients, as the task of the recruited patients is to
 answer a survey (online and in clinics).
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  age > 18 years

 -  native Italian speakers

 -  wrist/hand pathology

 -  trauma (fractures, tendon injuries, etc.)

 -  chronic pathology, the pathology has been present for at least 1 month (tenosynovitis,
 chronic arthrosis pain, rheumatic hand or wrist disorders)

 -  in case of hand/wrist surgery: at least 4 weeks have elapsed since surgery to avoid
 that the patient could not perform certain actions evaluated by the scale, for example
 lifting a pan or shopping bags, due to normal post-operative precautions.

 -  full possession of mental capacity

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  age < 18 years

 -  non-native Italian speakers of Italian, thus also excluding second generation Swiss
 Italians ("secundo")

 -  mental incapacity

 -  upper limb in cast/locked by splint (criterion in Chung's article 98) at the time of
 the evaluation