A descriptive study on the psychosocial and clinical profile of traumatic unilateral amputee patients at 3 selected hospitals in Metro Manila

Date of Completion

2002

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Keywords

Amputees, Psychology

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the psychosocial and clinical profile of traumatic unilateral amputee patients at Ospital ng Maynila, Philippine Orthopedic Center and AFP-V . Luna. It is in this light that this study hopes to determine, so as to increase awareness which will aid physical therapist in coming up a more responsive, more holistic and more effective management program, thus empowering the amputee to become more functional in the society. 15 patients from each center/hospital served as respondents of the study. A questionnaire written in English and tagalog, which consists of close-ended questions was used to obtain the data regarding the psychosocial and clinical profile of the traumatic unilateral amputee patients in 3 selected hospitals. Findings of the study showed that majority of the subjects belongs to 20-27 age group (31%), 62% of them were male, 67% were married and 73% are working. Majority of them had their limb amputated secondary to vehicular accident (62%) and most of them had Below Knee type of amputation (69%). The study revealed that depression (33%) had the most initial reaction, and 62% had accepted their condition. Among those who had accepted their conditions, 33% of the subjects claimed to have accepted it immediately after amputation (< 1 year). Based on the results, the following conclusions were made. Researchers came up with depression as the most common initial reaction in traumatic unilateral amputation and majority of them had already accepted their conditions.

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