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Pain issues in the victims with lower-limb amputation: 10 years after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
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Disability & Rehabilitation . Apr2022, Vol. 44 Issue 8, p1346-1353. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- To study the prevalence, intensity, and bothersomeness of amputation-related pain and further to identify the potential risk factors in the victims with lower-limb amputation 10 years after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In the cross-sectional study, 66 victims with lower-limb amputation were recruited. The Prostheses Evaluation Questionnaire was used to document the prevalence, intensity, and bothersomeness of amputation-related pain. The bivariate relationships between amputation-related pain and each of demographic characteristics were analyzed. Majority of the enrolled lower-limb amputees (90.9%) reported to have one or more types of amputation-related pain. The intensity and bothersomeness of amputation-related pain were considered as severe in nearly 40% of these post-earthquake victims. The potential demographic risk factors associated with the prevalence, intensity, and bothersomeness of amputation-related pain were identified, including the age, lower level of education, marital status, employment, and comorbidity. The pain coming from phantom limb, residual limb, non-amputated limb, and back was found persistent in the lower-limb amputees 10 years after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The findings of this study could provide useful reference for optimization of post-disaster rehabilitation strategies to alleviate chronic pain in the victims following lower-limb amputation. The pain coming from phantom limb, residual limb, non-amputated limb, and back was found persistent in the victims with lower-limb amputation 10 years after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Continuous post-earthquake assessment and management of amputation-related pain should be taken into consideration for the victims with lower-limb amputation. The comorbidity should be effectively and efficiently controlled for the victims with lower-limb amputation due to its association with the intensity and bothersomeness of amputation-related pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PAIN & psychology
*ARTIFICIAL limbs
*STATISTICS
*PAIN
*PAIN measurement
*ANALYSIS of variance
*CROSS-sectional method
*VISUAL analog scale
*INTERVIEWING
*LEG
*RISK assessment
*T-test (Statistics)
*COMPARATIVE studies
*NATURAL disasters
*RED Cross & Red Crescent
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*CHI-squared test
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
*LEG amputation
*DATA analysis software
*DATA analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09638288
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Disability & Rehabilitation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156897840
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2020.1803998