Gender differences in amputation outcome

Singh, R; Hunter, J; Philip, A; Tyson, S

Abstract

Purpose. To assess the influence of gender on the success of limb-fitting after amputation.
Methods. One-hundred and five successive in-patients admitted to an amputee rehabilitation ward were followed to assess
the success of limb-fitting at discharge. The influence of demographic, clinical and social factors on the success of lower
limb-fitting was assessed using linear regression analysis and group comparisons.
Results. There were 35 (33%) women in a cohort of 105 successive admissions. Men and women were comparable in terms
of age, length of stay, medical comorbidity and level of amputation. Women were less likely to be successfully fitted with a
prosthetic limb at discharge than men (42.9% vs 68.6%, p¼0.011), and more women lived alone (57.1% vs 38.6%,
p¼0.021). Linear regression revealed that gender was an independent significant factor in the success of limb-fitting; age,
level and cause of amputation, co-morbidity and length of stay were not significant factors.
Conclusions. Women were less likely to be successfully fitted with a lower limb prosthesis after amputation.

Citation

Singh, R., Hunter, J., Philip, A., & Tyson, S. (2008). Gender differences in amputation outcome. Disability and Rehabilitation, 30(2), 122-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638280701254095

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2008
• Deposit Date: Mar 12, 2010
• Journal: Disability and Rehabilitation
• Print ISSN: 0963-8288
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 122-125
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638280701254095
• Keywords: Sex differences, amputation, outcome measures, rehabilitation
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638280701254095