Survey of upper limb prosthesis users in Sweden, the United Kingdom and Canada
Survey of upper limb prosthesis users in Sweden, the United Kingdom and Canada
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DOI：
10.1177/0309364611409099
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发表时间：
2011-06-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Hill, Wendy
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作者：
Kyberd, Peter J.;Hill, Wendy
背景：作为假肢臂改进过程的一部分，获取用户群体的意见是非常重要的。目的：探讨改善义肢提供应注意的因素。研究设计：邮寄问卷。方法：在5个中心（4个在欧洲）向292名上肢丧失或缺失的成年人（18至70岁）发送问卷，参与者被确定为中心的定期参与者。结果：本问卷共收到180名不同类型义肢使用者的回复，回复率62%。回复显示，通常使用的假体类型与性别、损失程度和工作用途相关（皮尔逊卡方，p值低于0.05）。假体的类型与原因、侧面、使用（每天长度、运动或驾驶）或报告的问题无关。研究结果没有确定任何单一的因素需要关注的改进义肢或义肢提供。结论：假体安装过程的每个环节都可以得到改进，这将对一些经常使用假体的人群产生影响。然而，没有任何单一因素能给所有用户带来更大的改善。
Background: As part of the process of improving prosthetic arms, it is important to obtain the opinions of the user population.Objectives: To identify factors that should be focused on to improve prosthesis provision.Study design: Postal questionnaire.Methods: The questionnaire was sent to 292 adults (aged 18 to 70 years) with upper-limb loss or absence at five centres (four in Europe) Participants were identified as regular attendees of the centres.Results: This questionnaire received a response from 180 users (response rate 62%) of different types of prosthetic devices. Responses showed that the type of prosthesis generally used was associated with gender, level of loss and use for work (Pearson chi-square, p-values below 0.05). The type of prosthesis was not associated with cause, side, usage (length per day, sports or driving) or reported problems. The findings did not identify any single factor requiring focus for the improvement of prostheses or prosthetic provision.Conclusions: Every part of the process of fitting a prosthesis can be improved, which will have an effect for some of the population who use their devices regularly. There is, however, no single factor that would bring greater improvement to all users.