Is My Finger Broken Quiz
How the Scales are Structured
Who Usually Takes This Test?
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Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Example Questions From the Test
- A large dark collection is under the nail, or an edge of the nail has lifted
- The nail and nail bed appear unchanged
- The nail is torn from its base, displaced, or accompanied by severe throbbing and major damage
- There is a small bruise beneath the nail or mild nail-edge tenderness
- It crosses or overlaps a neighboring finger
- It points in the same direction as the matching finger
- It remains clearly twisted or cannot rest in a straight alignment
- There is a small difference, but swelling makes it hard to judge
- A light bump, brief jam, or minor twist
- A heavy crush, high-force impact, or forceful backward bend
- There was no impact, twist, or other clear injury
- A firm direct blow or forceful twist
Is My Finger Broken Quiz - Description and methodology of the test
After a finger injury, this questionnaire helps you sort observable signs into patterns that may deserve attention. The Is My Finger Broken Quiz is intended for people reflecting on a recent injury and deciding which features to note. It organizes finger injury signs rather than estimating whether a fracture is present.
What the Questionnaire Measures
Questions examine injury mechanisms, alignment, swelling, bruising, nail and skin changes, pain, movement, daily use, sensation, and fingertip circulation. This makes the tool suitable for someone seeking a structured finger injury assessment after a recent accident.
These are the three result dimensions:
- Circulation, Sensation, and Tissue Warning Signs (0-15) measures selected color, temperature, sensation, bleeding, ring, and nail concerns; bands: No indicators selected 0, Limited indicator 1-2, and Urgent action indicated 3-15.
- Injury Pattern and Alignment (0-15) measures mechanism and visible change; bands: No indicators selected 0, Limited indicator 1-2, and Prompt assessment indicated 3-15.
- Pain, Swelling, and Function (0-15) measures reported symptoms and use; bands: No indicators selected 0, Limited indicator 1-2, and Prompt assessment indicated 3-15.
Methodology and Evidence Base
Each item offers four choices describing absent, mild, or more concerning findings; their order is not a uniform severity progression. The wording allows observation without forcing movement, and responses form thematic scores. Because per-answer point values are not stated, the score should not be reverse-engineered. A response marked as a red flag and scored 3 overrides the total.
It uses online self-report and clinical themes. Clinical guidance and studies by Childress, Colmers-Gray, Roser, Gellman, and Urbaniak cover deformity, swelling, bruising, tenderness, function, imaging, movement, alignment, wounds, perfusion, sensation, nail-bed, and ring-related injuries. They offer clinical context with which the questionnaire is conceptually consistent, not validation of its scales or thresholds; it is not an adaptation of them.
These unvalidated scores are safety prompts and reflective summaries, not diagnostic or severity cutoffs: a zero means no listed indicator was selected but does not exclude a fracture or other injury, while a limited total still warrants attention when broken finger symptoms persist or impair use because any concerning response matters independently of the total; context, recall, self-awareness, and response bias can influence the result.
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- Colmers-Gray IN, Louison H, Kadar A. Assessment and management of common hand fractures in adults. BMJ. 2025;388:e075436. 10.1136/bmj-2023-075436
- Roser SE, Gellman H. Comparison of nail bed repair versus nail trephination for subungual hematomas in children. Journal of Hand Surgery. 1999;24(6):1166-1170. 10.1053/jhsu.1999.1166
- Urbaniak JR, Evans JP, Bright DS. Microvascular management of ring avulsion injuries. Journal of Hand Surgery American. 1981;6(1):25-30. 10.1016/S0363-5023(81)80006-8