Trial Outcomes & Findings for Corticosteroid(CS) + Lido or Corticosteroid(CS) Alone (NCT NCT03704584)

Participants were enrolled between May 2019 and January 2020.

62 individuals were consented to participate in the study and 61 individuals of these took part in the study with a total of 74 digits randomized and injected in this study. Patients were assigned to treatment groups by means of randomizing the affected unit(s) they contributed to the study.

Unit of analysis: digits

Corticosteroid(CS) + Lido or Corticosteroid(CS) Alone

Pain will be assessed with a 10-point scale (0: no pain, 10: highest amount of pain) of anticipated pain and anxiety before injection and a 10-point pain scale of the pain of the needle, medication, overall pain and anxiety after the injection was administered to the participants.

Participants were instructed to log their pain twice daily (morning and night) using a VAS pain scale of 0-10 (0: no pain, 10: highest amount of pain) for the first 7 days after injection. Participants were instructed to bring that pain journal to their 2-week visit. Average daily scores are presented.

The domains explored by the Quick DASH are: (1) physical arm, shoulder or hand activity problems (6 items); (2) severity of pain and tingling (2 items); (3) social activities, work, and sleep (3 items). Each item has five response options, ranging from 1, ''no difficulty or no symptom,'' to 5, ''unable to perform activity or very severe symptom.'' If at least 10 of the 11 items are completed, a score ranging from 0 (no disability) to 100 (most severe disability) can be calculated \[(sum of n responses/n) - 1\] x 25.the effect size and the percentage of patients reaching Minimal Clinical Important Improvement was determined.

The Patient-Related Wrist Evaluation is a score for the measurement of pain and function after injury to the wrist. The PRWE is a 15-item questionnaire that allows patients to rate their levels of wrist pain and disability from 0 to 10, and consists of 2 subscales Pain subscale: contains 5 items each of which is further rated from 1-10. The maximum score in this section is 50 and minimum 0 Function subscale: contains total 10 items which are further divided into 2 sections i.e specific activities (having 6 items) and usual activities (having 4 items). The maximum score in this section is 50 and minimum 0. Total Score = Sum of pain+ function scores (Best Score = 0, Worst Score = 100).

The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Shoulder Score (ASES) is a mixed outcome reporting measure, applicable for use in all patients with shoulder pathology for the assessment of shoulder function. The ASES questionnaire is composed of 17 questions. The questions focus on joint pain, instability, and activities of daily living. It is a 100 point scale (Pain scale= 50 points, 10 activities of daily living = 50 points).Score range: Pain subscale 0-50 ASES points; function/disability subscale 0-50 ASES points. Total score 0-100 ASES points (0 = worse pain and functional loss/disability)

The SF-12 is a multipurpose short form survey with 12 questions, all selected from the SF-36 Health Survey. SF-12 is a standardized self-report questionnaire that assesses mental and physical functioning. The SF-12 consists of 12 items with a Likert-type response format that measures quality of life with a Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS). Subscales associated with the PCS include physical functioning, role limitations due to physical problems, bodily pain, and general health perceptions. Subscales associated with the MCS include vitality (energy and fatigue), social functioning, role limitations due to emotional problems, and mental health. A scoring algorithm is used to generate a total score for each component ranging from 0 to 100. Low values represent a poor health state while high values represent a good health state.

The number of patients with subsequent reinjection and surgical operation was collected during follow up.