Effects of Implementing a Self-Care Program for Adults With Lower Limb Prostheses

Abstract

An artificial replacement for a lost limb or portion of a limb, known as a prosthesis, is a tool that can assist a person to regain their independence. The aim of this project was to evaluate the effect of a self-care program for adults with lower limb prostheses. We used a quasi-experimental research design. We conducted our study at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Rheumatology Center affiliated with the Armed Forces, located in the Al-Geza Governorate of Egypt using a purposeful sample of 81 adults with lower limb prostheses. We used two tools for data collection: a structured interviewing questionnaire and the Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales (TAPES). The mean age of adults with lower limb prosthesis in our study was 38.91 years (10.53). A total of 64.2% of the study participants (n = 51) were men. We found that before the self-care program, 22.2% of the participants (n = 18) had a satisfactory level of knowledge about self-care, which increased to 88.9% (n = 72) after the program. Before the self-care program, the number of participants with adequate practice levels was 13.6% (n = 11), which increased to 100.0% (n = 81) after the program. We concluded that implementing the self-care program provided a significant improvement in the attendee's total satisfactory knowledge (χ2[79,81] = 72.90, p < .000) and adequate practice levels (p < .001).

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“…There is a fascinating retrospective evaluation of the characteristics of patients with burn injury treated at the largest reference hospital in Brazil (Carvalho et al, 2023). Black (2023) presents description of the PEAK anesthetic consultation, and Soliman et al (2023) present the findings of their quasi-experimental study involving a self-care program for adults with lower-limb prostheses. Finally, there is a republished article from Aesthetics , titled, “Reviewing Collagen Supplements,” exploring the literature around collagen supplementation (Hall, 2021).…”