QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH LOWER LIMB LOSS DUE TO PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE. GENDER INFLUENCE
Quality of life was analyzed using SF-36 questionnaire in a group of patients with limb loss at the stage of primary prosthesis. It was found that patients without stump prosthesis due to peripheral artery disease have a dramatically reduced quality of life compared to population normal rate in a re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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The Publishing House Medicine and Enlightenment
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Медицина в Кузбассе |
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| Online Access: | http://mednauki.ru/index.php/MK/article/view/295 |
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| Summary: | Quality of life was analyzed using SF-36 questionnaire in a group of patients with limb loss at the stage of primary prosthesis. It was found that patients without stump prosthesis due to peripheral artery disease have a dramatically reduced quality of life compared to population normal rate in a relevant age group: on physical functioning section; on role limitationsdueto physical health section, onrole limitations due to emotional problems section. Significant differenceswere foundfor a number of indicators of quality of life in the group of patients with postamputation limb defect between male and female patients: summary score on physical functioning section in female was three times lower than in male;summary score on vitality and mental health sections in female waslower for 25 % than in male. |
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| ISSN: | 1819-0901 |