Quality of Life in People with Lower-Limb Amputation
Lower limb amputation arises from disease (e.g., diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular disease , infection, tumors), traumatic or congenital causes. Rehabilitation following a lower limb amputation most commonly involves restoring function with the use
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3786
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Conceptualizing Quality of Life in Amputation and Prosthetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3788
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Measuring Quality of Life in Amputation and Prosthetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3788 Condition Specific QOL Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3788 Generic QOL Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3791 Chronic Post-Amputation Pain and Quality of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3793 Individualized QOL Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3793
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Quality of Life in People with Lower-Limb Amputation
Abstract: Lower limb amputation arises from disease (e.g., diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular disease, infection, tumors), traumatic or congenital causes. Rehabilitation following a lower limb amputation most commonly involves restoring function with the use of a > prosthesis, and often confronts the individual with numerous physical and psychosocial challenges. Although quality of life (QOL) remains a relatively poorly researched concept within the field of amputation and > prosthetics, there is an increasing acknowledgement of the importance of its assessment in ensuring a client-centered and evidence based approach to practice. This chapter summarizes relevant conceptual challenges in and the current knowledge on quality of life assessment in lower limb amputation and in particular describes amputation specific measures that include specific reference to QOL. These include the Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales, the Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire, the Orthotics and Prosthetics Users’ Survey and the Questionnaire for Persons with a Transfemoral Amputation. List of Abbreviations: AALQ, Attitudes to Artificial Limb Questionnaire; ABIS, Amputee Body Image Scale; ARBIS, Amputation Related Body Image Scale; NHP, Nottingham Health Profile; OPUS, Orthotics and Prosthetics Users’ Survey; PEQ, Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire; PGI, Patient Generated Index; PLP, > phantom limb pain; POMS, Profile of Mood States; PPA, Prosthetic Profile of the Amputee; Q-FTA, Questionnaire for Persons with a Transfemoral Amputation; QOL, quality of life; RLP, > residual limb pain; SIP, Sickness Impact Profile; TAPES, Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales; W
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