Comparison of two-point sling vs. triangular bandage on patient satisfaction for conservative treatment in clavicle fractures: a randomized controlled trial
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE: Clavicle fractures account for about 3% of all fractures in adults, and have reportedly good outcomes with conservative treatment for lateral and mid-shaft clavicle fractures. Whether the use of a simple two-point sling or a triangular bandage should be the optimal first choice procedure is unknown. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to compare patient satisfaction after 1 week in patients with lateral or mid-shaft clavicle fractures treated with a two-point sling vs. a triangular bandage. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In this single center, randomized controlled trial, patients with acute, isolated and conservatively treated clavicle fractures were included. The primary endpoint was patient satisfaction at 1 week, measured with the Dutch version of the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology (D-QUEST) questionnaire. Secondary outcomes were pain and functional recovery at different time points, measured with the visual analogue scale and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand scores, respectively. INTERVENTION: Patients were randomized for immobilization with a triangular bandage or a two-point sling. OUTCOMES MEASURE AND ANALYSIS: Differences in numerical variables were calculated using the unpaired t -test or Mann-Whitney U test. Categorical variables were analyzed using the Chi-Square test. Absolute effect size and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated, and a minimal clinically important difference of 0.25 was defined. RESULTS: Between August 2020 and February 2023, 110 patients were included in this study. After excluding patients who underwent surgery or were lost to follow-up, 68 patients were analyzed. Statistically and clinically significant differences were found in patient satisfaction scores at week 1 after trauma, in favor of the two-point sling (D-QUEST scores of 2.48 (±0.48) vs. 3.20 (±0.45), absolute mean difference 0.72 (CI, 0.49-0.95). There was no significant difference in pain and disability related secondary outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: This study identified a significant difference in patient satisfaction favoring a two-point sling compared to a triangular bandage 7 days posttrauma.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.003 | 0.003 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.003 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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