Quality of life and psychosocial adaptation of lower limb amputee patient

Abstract

The study identifies the quality of life and psychosocial adaptation of lower limb amputee patient. This study describes and presents an initial analysis of a quality-of-life—based model of psychosocial adaptation. It also finds out the demographic factors (age, sex, income, diagnosis) contributing Physical and Psychological level of satisfaction among the participants. This study examines the contribution of demographic/amputation-related variables and coping strategies to the prediction of psychosocial adaptation in veterans with acquired Lower limb amputation The study was conducted through descriptive study design among 103 participants with the range of age 18-55 years. The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a quality of life instrument, the WHOQOL, which captures many subjective aspects of quality of life. It has been adopted in the United State of America, Netherlands, Poland, Bangladesh, Thailand, India, Australia, Japan, Croatia, Zimbabwe and many other countries. WHOQOLBREF and Demographic questionnaire was analysis and discussed about the demographic factors such as age, gender, occupation marital status etc. WHOQOLBREF questionnaire was also discussed about Physical and Psychological level of satisfaction of quality of life. In WHOQOL- BREF, there are 26 questions. The scale grade has distributed into 1-5 (Very poor- very good) with overall quality of life and level of mental satisfaction. TAPES- R questionnaire factor analysis showed that the questionnaire’s items (included in the analysis) can be divided into three distinct dimensions as was originally suggested. The distribution of the items within the three dimensions is comparable with the original questionnaire. All three parts of TAPES-R showed high reliability. This study comprehends about the quality of life and psychosocial adaptation of patient with amputation. So, finding out of quality of life and psychosocial adaptation will help to do further betterment of patient with lower limb amputation Key words: Quality of life, Psychosocial adaptation, WHOQOL- BREF, TAPES-R, Amputation, Prosthesis, Lower limb prosthesis