Understanding of Appearance and Social Activities of Patients after Amputation: A 45 Cases Survey / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

@# Objective To investigate the awareness of amputees to his appearance and their social activities. Methods 45 amputees were investigated with Body Shape Measuring for Amputee self-designed and Social Activities Questionnaire. Results For body shape measuring, the top 3 awareness amputees always feeling were wearing loose clothing to cover the prosthesis (55.56%); only able-bodied can be attracted (48.89% ); losing of limbs damage the body and affect their daily living (40%). For the social activities, the total score was more in lower limb amputees than in upper limb amputees (P<0.05). For the items, there was no difference in amusement and sport, pastime, community participation, and join in workshop (school) (P>0.05) between the patient with upper and lower limbs losing, but there was in sociality (P<0.05). Conclusion Amputees fall in social withdrawal for limb losing and inferiority, which may associate with what limb lost.