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than eight years of formal education. The secondary form
of the disease occurred in 65.1% of cases, in 11.6% due to
hypothyroidism and in 4.7% to diabetes mellitus. The left
shoulder was affected in 25 (58.1%) cases. The sociode-
mographic and clinical data of these adhesive capsulitis
patients are shown in Table 1.
Cronbach’s alpha values forWHOQOL-BREF andDASH,
0.91 and 0.95, respectively, were exactly the same before and
after treatment with SSNB. There was improvement inQoL
in all domains of the WHOQOL-BREF (p<0.001), least con-
sistently in the social domain (p=0.049). There was also
a significant increase in the functional capacity of the af-
fected shoulder when assessed using DASH (Table 2).
Before treatment with SSNB, DASH correlated only
with the physical domain of the WHOQOL-BREF (r=-0.583),
but after this therapy there was significant correlation with
the physical (r=-0.580), psychological (r=-0.521) and en-
vironmental (r=-0.370) domains. This means that the
DASH value decreased as shoulder function improved
and that QoL improved in the various domains.
TABLE 1
Sociodemographic and clinical data of the study population.
Variables
n
%
p*
Age group
40 |---- 50
50 |---- 60
60 +
14
15
14
32.6
34.9
32.6
0.977
Gender
Female
Male
23
20
53.5
46.5
0.647
Ethnic group
White
Non-white
34
09
79.1
20.9
0.000
Employment
Yes
No
20
23
46.5
53.5
0.647
Educational status
Illiterate
Until 4 years of formal education
5 to 8 years of formal education
More than 8 years of formal education
01
08
08
26
2.3
18.6
18.6
60.5
0.000
Monthly income
1 to 5 minimum salaries
More than 5 minimum salaries
No salary
27
12
04
62.8
27.9
9.3
0.000
Marital status
Single
Married
Divorced
Widower
01
32
07
03
2.3
74.4
16.3
7.0
0.000
Side
Right
Left
18
25
41.9
58.1
0.286
Dominance
Right-handed
Left-handed
41
02
95.3
4.7
0.000
Classification
Primary
Secondary
15
28
34.9
65.1
0.047
Pain
Mild
Moderate
Severe
02
20
21
4.7
46.5
48.8
0.000
Sleep
Affected
Unaffected
39
04
90.7
9.3
0.000
Severity
Mild
Moderate
Severe
10
27
06
23.3
62.8
14
0.000
*Chi-square test.