ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2019
Quality of Life Associated Factors in a North African Sample of Lower Limbs Amputees.
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- Quality of life experienced by South Sudanese lower limb prosthetic users after rehabilitation.African journal of disability · 2025Article
- Health-related quality of life among lower limb amputees using prostheses in Nepal: a cross-sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Moroccan Patients Following Major Lower Limb Amputation: A Three-Month Follow-Up.Cureus · 2024Article
- Life of an amputee: predictors of quality of life after lower limb amputation.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2023Article
- What Is Hidden behind Amputation? Quanti-Qualitative Systematic Review on Psychological Adjustment and Quality of Life in Lower Limb Amputees for Non-Traumatic Reasons.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Pioneering low-cost 3D-printed transtibial prosthetics to serve a rural population in Sierra Leone - an observational cohort study.EClinicalMedicine · 2021Article
- Quantifying Step Count and Oxygen Consumption with Portable Technology during the 2-Min Walk Test in People with Lower Limb Amputation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo study factors associated to the quality of life in a North African sample of lower limbs amputees.
methodsWe conducted a prospective study in the Department Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Monastit, Tunisia. A consecutive sample of patients with amputations of the lower limbs was included. The evaluated parameters were quality of life using the Short-Form quality-of-life questionnaire (SF-36), pain using a visual analog scale, function using, the perimeter of walking (PW), the Special Interest Group of the Amputee Medicine (SIGAM) and the Locomotion Capacities Index of the Prosthetic Profile of the Amputee (LCI), and psychological status thanks to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale. In the study, the patients were evaluated at the first consultation (T0) and again at 12 months (T1).
resultsWe included 85 patients (age, 59.3±16.7 years) with a sex ratio of 3. The patient quality of life was positively correlated to distal type of amputation, traumatic origin, better LCI (p≤0.001, r=0.349), SIGAM (p=0.046) and PW. A negative correlation was noted with age (p=0.012, r=-0.483) and higher psychological scores (p=0.002, r=-0.321).
conclusionIn our sample of North African lower limbs amputees the age and the functional status were the most important predictors of the quality of life.
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