Quality of life of prosthetic and orthotic users in South India: a cross-sectional study
Quality of life of prosthetic and orthotic users in South India: a cross-sectional study
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DOI：
10.1186/s12955-019-1116-y
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发表时间：
2019-03-20
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Ahlstrom, Gerd
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作者：
Magnusson, Lina;Ghosh, Ritu;Ahlstrom, Gerd
本研究的目的是比较印度使用下肢假肢或矫形器的人与正常人的生活质量。进一步的目的是比较亚组，并调查生活质量是否与身体残疾、性别、收入、居住区域和教育有关。方法采用横断面问卷调查法，采用世界卫生组织《生活质量指南》收集自述资料。共有277名来自印度的参与者，其中155人残疾，122人健全。使用Mann-Whitney U和Kruskal-Wallis检验进行组间比较，并使用四个生活质量领域（身体健康、心理、社会关系和环境）的回归分析来探讨相关性。结果身体残疾的参与者在四个生活质量领域中的三个领域得分显著低于无残疾的参与者，即身体健康，(中位数14.29 vs 16.29; p
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to compare QOL among people in India using lower-limb prostheses or orthoses with people without disability. A further aim was to compare subgroups and investigate whether QOL was associated with physical disability, gender, income, living area, and education.MethodsA cross-sectional questionnaire study in which the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref was used to collect self-reported data. A total of 277 participants from India were included, 155 with disability and 122 without. Group comparisons were conducted using the Mann-Whitney U and the Kruskal-Wallis tests and associations were explored using regression analyses of the four QOL domains: physical health, psychological, social relationships, and environment.ResultsParticipants with physical disability scored significantly lower than did participants without disability in three of the four QOL domains, i.e., physical health, (Median 14.29 vs 16.29; p