Prevalence of De Quervain disease in infant caregivers and its association with risk factors Authors Aneeqa Manzoor University Institute of Physical Therapy, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan Sidra Syed University Institute of Physical Therapy, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan Mishal Nadeem University Institute of Physical Therapy, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan Sara Khawar Butt University Institute of Physical Therapy, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan Syeda Nabiha Zafar University Institute of Physical Therapy, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan Muhammad Kamran Hanif University Institute of Physical Therapy, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.4916 Abstract De Quervain’s disease (DQD) is commonly reported in mothers during pregnancy up to delayed postpartum period. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess infant caregivers who visited the paediatric outpatient department or vaccination centre in two hospitals of Lahore, during the months of May and June, 2021. A total of 190 subjects were interviewed directly and assessed by applying Finkelstein’s test on both hands. Data was collected using Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and Patient Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE) from positive subjects. They were asked to report their pain and difficulty level of the affected hand with worsened symptoms. The results exhibited 26.8% prevalence of DQD in a sample size of 190. Infant’s age, lifting frequency and hand dominance were proved significant risk factors. However, caregiver’s age, history of wrist pain, infant weight and relationship with infant were proved insignificant. Mean PRWE pain and functional scores were 23.14 ± 7.72 and 18.53 ± 6.09, respectively. Keywords: De Quervain disease; infant; caregivers; prevalence; risk factors. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2024-06-28 How to Cite Manzoor, A., Syed, S. ., Nadeem, M., Khawar Butt, S., Zafar, S. N. ., & Hanif, M. K. (2024). Prevalence of De Quervain disease in infant caregivers and its association with risk factors. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 74(7), 1335–1337. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.4916 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 74 No. 7 (2024): JULY Section SHORT REPORT License Copyright (c) 2020 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.