• Füsun Şahin, Nuray Akkaya, Banu Kuran, Beril Doğu, Nilgün Şimşir Atalay, and Nalan Oğuzhanoğlu.
• Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Denizli, Turkey. fsnsahin@hotmail.com.
• Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc. 2015 Jan 1; 49 (4): 361-9.

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to compare patients who were injured by punching glass with patients who were injured accidentally, according to demographical, clinical, and psychological parameters.MethodsThe Hand Injury Severity Score (HISS), the Duruöz Hand Index, the Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand scale (Q-DASH), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), the Adult Attention-Deficiency/Hyperactivity Scale (A-ADHS), the Borderline Personality Inventory (BPI), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used for evaluating severity of the injury, functionality, impact of the injury on the patient, attention deficiency, patterns of borderline personality symptoms, and level of depression, respectively.ResultsPatients who were injured by punching glass were significantly younger and more likely to injure their dominant hand. The severity of injury and all psychological scales were significantly higher in patients who were injured by punching glass.ConclusionHand therapy specialists should be aware of potential problems in patients who were injured by punching glass.

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