Quality of Life and Well-being in Patients with Lower-limb Amputation Using a Prosthetic Limb: A Cross-sectional Study in a Major Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

IF 0.4 Q4 ORTHOPEDICS

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics Pub Date : 2022-10-19 DOI:10.1097/JPO.0000000000000448

Faisal S Alqusaiyer, Abdullah H Alsergani, Fayez G Aldarsouni, Abdulrahman Aldawood, Yazeed Alkhayyal, Homoud Alzaid, Ali M. Al-hazmi

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ABSTRACT Introduction Quality of life (QoL) has been advocated for as an outcome measure for assessing the effect of treatment and quality of care given to prosthetic users. As such, it is necessary to assess the factors that play a role in influencing QoL to achieve better outcomes. Unfortunately, QoL has not been adequately studied in Saudi Arabia, which warranted further research. The objectives of this study were to estimate the QoL of prosthetic users in Riyadh and determine its association with Ambulation (AM), Social Burden (SB), and Appearance (AP). Methods A cross-sectional study design was used to achieve our objectives. Our participants were asked to fill out our self-administered questionnaire, which was composed of the Arabic versions of the Well-being (WB), AP, AM, and SB scales of the Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ). Results A sample of 62 prosthetic users due to unilateral amputations were randomly selected from our sampling frame, 10 of which acted as outliers from the 95% confidence interval of QoL (CI) (56.13–67.94) and were omitted. The WB scale was shown to have a median of 57.5, whereas QoL had a mean of 62.58. In addition, a positive relationship was found between QoL and SB (P < 0.001; Rs = 0.657), AP (P < 0.001; R = 0.547), and AM (P < 0.001; R = 0.634). Conclusion Prosthetic users in Riyadh suffer from low QoL and satisfaction. Moreover, QoL was shown to be a multifactorial concept with many different elements and constituents. This suggests that a more comprehensive and inclusive method of prosthetic rehabilitation is required. Clinical Relevance There is a scarcity of QoL and well-being studies in Saudi Arabia regarding individuals with amputation and prosthetic users, given the number of prosthetic users, estimated to be around 2092 individuals. By estimating their QoL, we could identify what improvements are to be made to improve their lives.

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使用假肢的下肢截肢患者的生活质量和幸福感：沙特阿拉伯利雅得一个主要中心的横断面研究

摘要引言生活质量（QoL）被认为是评估假肢使用者治疗效果和护理质量的一种结果指标。因此，有必要评估影响生活质量的因素，以获得更好的结果。不幸的是，沙特阿拉伯尚未对QoL进行充分研究，因此需要进一步研究。本研究的目的是评估利雅得假肢使用者的生活质量，并确定其与Ambulation（AM）、Social Burden（SB）和Appearance（AP）的关系。方法采用横断面研究设计来达到我们的目的。我们的参与者被要求填写我们的自填问卷，该问卷由假肢评估问卷（PEQ）的幸福感（WB）、AP、AM和SB量表的阿拉伯语版本组成。结果从我们的抽样框架中随机选择了62名单侧截肢的假肢使用者，其中10人是生活质量（CI）95%置信区间（56.13-67.94）的异常值，并被省略。WB量表的中位数为57.5，而QoL的平均值为62.58。此外，生活质量与SB（P＜0.001；Rs＝0.657）、AP（P＜0.01；R＝0.547）和AM（P＜001；R＝0.634）呈正相关。此外，生活质量被证明是一个多因素的概念，有许多不同的元素和组成部分。这表明需要一种更全面、更具包容性的假肢康复方法。临床相关性沙特阿拉伯很少有关于截肢患者和假肢使用者的生活质量和幸福感研究，因为假肢使用者的数量估计约为2092人。通过评估他们的生活质量，我们可以确定需要做哪些改进来改善他们的生活。

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Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics Medicine-Rehabilitation

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1.30

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期刊介绍： Published quarterly by the AAOP, JPO: Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics provides information on new devices, fitting and fabrication techniques, and patient management experiences. The focus is on prosthetics and orthotics, with timely reports from related fields such as orthopaedic research, occupational therapy, physical therapy, orthopaedic surgery, amputation surgery, physical medicine, biomedical engineering, psychology, ethics, and gait analysis. Each issue contains research-based articles reviewed and approved by a highly qualified editorial board and an Academy self-study quiz offering two PCE''s.