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Therapy Interventions for Upper Limb Amputees Undergoing Selective Nerve Transfers
Published on: October 29, 2021
Better mental component of quality of life in amputee
Gr Karami1, Kh Ahmadi, V Nejati
1Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background:
Assessment of quality of life can promote health services. The purpose of this study was evaluation of health related quality of life in lower limbs amputee veterans of Iran.
Methods:
In the present cross sectional study, we compared 38 lower limbs amputee veterans with 50 normal healthy subjects with SF36 questioner in face-to-face interview.
Results:
Amputees had significantly lower grade than normal subject did in role physical (P < 0.01) and were better than normal subjects in vitality (P < 0.001) and mental health (P < 0.01). As a whole, amputees have higher in mental summary component of quality of life (P < 0.05) and lower in physical component of quality of life (P < 0.01).
Conclusion:
Diminishing the demand and improving social support of amputee veterans might be considered as high grade in mental summary component of their quality of life.
