Summary of the number of items that were added, retained, revised or dropped during the refining of the HAND-Q scales
| Response options | Recall period | Initial items | Items added | Items revised | Items dropped | Items for field-test | |
| Health-Related Quality of Life scales | |||||||
| Function | Difficulty | Past week | 34 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 35 |
| Symptoms | Severity | Past week | 18 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 22 |
| Psychological | Frequency | Past week | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Life impact | Severity | Past week | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Sleep | Frequency | Past week | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Social | Agree/disagree | Past week | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Sexual | Bothered | None | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Work | Agree/disagree | None | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Acceptance | Agree/disagree | None | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Appearance scale | |||||||
| Appearance | Satisfaction | Now | 29 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| Experience of care scales | |||||||
| Anaesthesia | Bothered | None | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| Post-anaesthesia symptoms | Severity | None | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Awake procedure | Satisfaction | None | 17 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| Information | Satisfaction | None | 21 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| Surgeon | Agree/disagree | Recent appointments | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| Hand therapist | Agree/disagree | Recent appointments | 20 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| Hand clinic | Agree/disagree | Recent appointments | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Office staff | Agree/disagree | Recent appointments | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Hand treatment scales | |||||||
| Overall outcome | Agree/disagree | Most recent treatment | 10 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 9 |
| Splint | Satisfaction | Most recent splint | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Total | 312 | 28 | 109 | 15 | 319 | ||