Impact of social participation of the patient with amputation

Abstract

Background: People with amputation have faced many challenges in their community life after completing their rehabilitation. Some of them can engage in their social events in modifying way, but many of them can not engage in their social events properly. It also restricts their ability and community participations. Objective: This study identified the participation restrictions among people with amputation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate social/community participation among people living with amputation. The study also identified the socio-demographic information, injury related information, socio-economic information and health status of the participants. This study also showed the association between demographic information (age, gender, occupation and prosthetic device) and social participation of the participants. Methodology: The study was conducted through cross-sectional design in quantitative study. 70 Participants were selected by using purposive sampling process. Data were collected by conducting face to face interview and used the “Participation scale”. Chi-square test was used to find out the association between demographic information and social participation. Result: In this study, as a evaluation of social participation of people living with amputation, it was found that, about 2.9% (n=2) respondents are in “Mild restriction stage (score: 13-22)”, and about 12.9% (n=9) participants are in “Moderate restriction stage (score: 23-32)”. Besides, about 80% (n=56) participants are in “Severe restriction stage (score: 32-52)” and about 4.3% (n=3) participants are in “Extremely restriction stage (score: 53-90)”. Conclusion: The result of the study will be helpful to know about the level of participation among the people with amputation who living in their own community. Almost all the participants experience some degree of restrictions on social participation. The result will also helpful to know about the demographic and health status of the participants. It is very essential to evaluate their participation restriction. This study provides the basis for identifying levels of social participation of community living amputee people at individual perspective. Key words: Participation, Social/community participation, Participation restriction, community factors, Environmental factors, Amputation, People living with amputation