| Objective: To determine the necessity of constructing the Simple Test for Evaluating Hand Function (STEF) scoring standards for Chinese, and preliminarily construct the scoring standards based on a sample from Beijing, China. Methods: From July 2021 to May 2022, 652 healthy adults in Beijing were tested. The operating time of every STEF project in 74 participants aged 24 years and below were compared with that of Japanese sample, and the STEF scoring standards in Beijing were established according to the data of these 74 participants. The remaining 578 subjects were scored by this scoring standards and the Japanese standards respectively to evaluate the applicability of the two criteria to the sample. Results: Except the 4 items of the large disc on the right and the large cube, cloth and metal disc on the left, the operation time of the samples aged 24 and below in this study was statistically different from that of the Japanese samples (P<0.05). Using the data of the samples aged 24 and below, the scoring criteria were initially constructed. In the groups aged 45~49 years (Z=2.13, P=0.03), 50~54 years (Z=3.36, P<0.01) and 55~59 years (Z=2.71, P<0.01), and the total scores in the groups aged 50~54 years (Z=2.67, P<0.01) and 55~59 years (Z=2.61, P<0.01), the scores of left-sides measured by the Japanese standards were significantly higher. Conclusion: STEF Japanese scoring standard may not be sensitive enough to evaluate the local people, so it is necessary to construct STEF scoring standards for Chinese population based on Chinese samples. The scoring criteria obtained in this study have some reference value for the application of STEF in the clinical evaluation of patients. |
