Research Article

Coping with a Lower Limb Amputation due to Vascular Disease in the Hospital, Rehabilitation, and Home Setting

Table 3

Depressive symptoms, body image satisfaction, and functional independence across settings ( ).

MeasureHospitalization T1
Rehabilitation T2
After discharge T3
Friedman
M (SD)M (SD)M (SD) P

BDI9.1 (9.5)5.9 (3.7)6.4 (4.4)0.850.66
BIQ69.7 (12.4)70.9 (10.9)67.4 (10.6)1.680.43
SMAF
 Mobility 10.1 (2.9)5.2 (2.5)3.8 (2.3)26.95<0.01**
 ADL 3.3 (1.8)1.3 (2.0)0.9 (2.3)19.90<0.01**
 IADL 18.6 (1.5)10.3 (5.1)8.3 (5.8)25.41<0.01**

BDI: beck depression inventory; BIQ: body image questionnaire; SMAF: functional autonomy measurement system.
* P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01.