Patient preference for trigger finger treatment

Table 1 Patient preference for treatment of trigger finger

	Observation	Splint	Cortisone injection	Surgery
1st Choice	117 (37%)	86 (27%)	61 (19%)	52 (16%)
2nd Choice	69 (22%)	96 (30%)	93 (29%)	58 (18%)
3rd Choice	61 (19%)	86 (27%)	97 (31%)	72 (23%)
4th Choice	69 (22%)	48 (15%)	65 (21%)	134 (42%)
Sum	316	316	316	316

Table 2 Descriptives of rank for each treatment option

	N	Mean ranking	Standard deviation
Cortisone injection	316	2.53	1.02
Splint	316	2.30	1.03
Surgery	316	2.91	1.12
Observation	316	2.26	1.17

Table 3 Pairwise comparison using Wilcoxon Rank Sum Tests (P value)

	Cortisone injection	Splint	Surgery	Observation
Cortisone injection
Splint	0.0426a
Surgery	< 0.00001a	< 0.00001a
Observation	0.0093a	1.0000	< 0.00001a

^aP < 0.05.