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Title: | Mental health status and quality of life in lower-limb amputees with diabetes |
Authors: | Camilleri, Annelise Gatt, Alfred Papanas, Nikolaos Formosa, Cynthia |
Keywords: | Amputees -- Malta Amputees -- Mental health -- Malta -- Case studies Leg -- Amputation -- Malta Diabetics -- Malta -- Case studies Diabetics -- Surgery |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. |
Citation: | Camilleri, A., Gatt, A., Papanas, N., & Formosa, C. (2023). Mental health status and quality of life in lower-limb amputees with diabetes. The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, doi:10.1177/15347346231187185 |
Abstract: | Aim: To compare mental health status and quality of life in lower-limb amputees versus nonamputees among participants with diabetes mellitus. Methods: We included 38 participants with prior minor amputation (group 1) and 38 participants without amputation /history of amputation (group 2). These were interviewed twice using 2 questionnaires to screen for mental health status and quality of life (Self Reporting Questionnaire 20—SRQ20 and EQ-5D-5L). Interviews were carried out 1 week and 6 months after amputation. Results: The mean SRQ20 score for group 1 at 1 week postamputation was 8.50 (diagnostic of a mental health disorder), while it was 1.34 for group 2. At 6 months, mean SRQ20 for group 1 decreased to 5.42, indicating a decrease in psychological distress. A significant difference in the mean values for each dimension of the EQ-5D-5L between groups 1 and 2 indicated that amputees had a poorer quality of life at 1 week and at 6 months. Conclusion: Mental health and quality of life are negatively affected at 1 week after minor lower-limb amputation in diabetes. At 6 months, some improvement in mental health distress was seen, indicating that these individuals had adapted to the disability. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/111669 |
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