ArticlePM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation2018
Relationships Among Perceived Functional Capacity, Self-Efficacy, and Disability After Dysvascular Amputation.
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- Outcomes following major dysvascular lower limb amputation: an updated systematic review.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Pooled it
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- Dynamic gait stability and stability symmetry for people with transfemoral amputation: A case-series of 19 individuals with bone-anchored limbs.Journal of biomechanics · 2024Observational
- Walking asymmetry and its relation to patient-reported and performance-based outcome measures in individuals with unilateral lower limb loss.International biomechanics · 2022Article
- Postamputation Cognitive Impairment Is Related to Worse Perceived Physical Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Prosthesis Users.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2022Observational
- Error-Manipulation Gait Training for Veterans With Nontraumatic Lower Limb Amputation: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.Physical therapy · 2021Article
- Psychosocial Factors Influence Physical Activity after Dysvascular Amputation: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- "This New Chapter of Life": Content Analysis of Facebook Posts After Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injury.HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery · 2021Article
- Self-Efficacy and Social Support are Associated with Disability for Ambulatory Prosthesis Users After Lower-Limb Amputation.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Psychometric Assessment of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale for People With Lower-Limb Amputation.Physical therapy · 2021Article
- Sociodemographic Determinants for the Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients with Vascular Amputations as Determined with the Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Observational
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Abstract
backgroundProsthesis rehabilitation after dysvascular transtibial amputation (TTA) is focused on optimizing functional capacity with limited emphasis on promoting health self-efficacy. Self-efficacy interventions decrease disability for people living with chronic disease, but the influence of self-efficacy on disability is unknown for people with dysvascular TTA.
objectivesTo identify if self-efficacy mediates the relationship between self-reported functional capacity and disability after dysvascular TTA.
designCross-sectional, secondary data analysis.
settingOutpatient rehabilitation facilities.
participantsThirty-eight men (63.6 ± 9.1 years old) with dysvascular TTA.
methodsParticipants had been living with an amputation for less than 6 months and using walking as their primary form of locomotion using a prosthesis. The independent variable, functional capacity, was measured using the Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire-Mobility Scale (PEQ-MS). The proposed mediator, self-efficacy, was measured with the Self-Efficacy of Managing Chronic Disease questionnaire (SEMCD).
main outcome measureDisability was measured using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) questionnaire.
resultsThe relationship between self-reported functional capacity and disability is partially mediated by self-efficacy. Relationships between WHODAS 2.0 and PEQ-MS (r = -0.61), WHODAS 2.0 and SEMCD (r = -0.51), and PEQ-MS and SEMCD (r = 0.44) were significant (P < .01). Controlling for SEMCD (P = .04), the relationship between PEQ-MS and WHODAS 2.0 remained significant (P < .01). Statistically significant mediation was determined by a bootstrap method for the product of coefficients (95% confidence interval: -2.23, -7.39).
conclusionsThis study provides initial evidence that the relationship between self-reported functional capacity and disability is partially mediated by self-efficacy after dysvascular TTA. The longitudinal effect of self-efficacy should be further examined to identify causal pathways of disability after dysvascular amputation. Furthermore, additional factors contributing to the relationship between self-reported functional capacity and disability need to be identified. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.
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