Phantom pain and health-related quality of life in lower limb amputees

Cees P. van der Schans; Jan H B Geertzen; Tanneke Schoppen; Pieter U Dijkstra

doi:10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00511-0

Phantom pain and health-related quality of life in lower limb amputees

Cees P. van der Schans, Jan H B Geertzen, Tanneke Schoppen, Pieter U Dijkstra

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Abstract

Amputation of a limb may affect quality of life. However, little is known concerning health-related quality of life in amputees. The purposes of this study were to describe health-related quality of life in a population of lower limb amputees and to investigate potential determinants, including phantom pain. Data from 437 patients with a lower limb amputation were analyzed in this cross-sectional study. Amputation-related problems were investigated using a questionnaire. Health-related quality of life was investigated using the RAND-36 DLV. Amputees with phantom pain had a poorer health-related quality of life than amputees without phantom pain. In general, the most important amputation-specific determinants of health-related quality of life were "walking distance" and "stump pain."

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	429-436
Journal	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume	24
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00511-0
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

amputations
amputees
health status
humans
legs
middle aged
pain
phantom limb
quality of life

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