Physical and Psychosocial Functions of Adults with Lower Limb Congenital Deficiencies and Amputations in Childhood

Table 1

Demographics and medical characteristics of the sample ().

		%
Gender
Male	17	53.1
Female	15	46.9
Employment status
Working	27	84.4
Not working	5	15.6
Living independently
Yes	21	65.6
No	11	34.4
Relationship status
In a relationship	8	25
Single	24	75
Etiology
Traumatic	13	40.6
Oncologic	8	25
Congenital	6	18.8
Vascular/septic	5	15.6
Level of amputation
Hip disarticulation/transfemoral amputation	14	44
Knee disarticulation/transtibial amputation	14	44
Foot level	4	12
Lower limb laterality
Right	18	56.3
Left	14	43.8
Secondary complications
No	16	50
Local pain	5	15.6
Fracture	1	3.1
Infection	0	0
Bone overgrowth (BO)	4	12.5
Phantom pain + BO	1	3.1
Infection + BO + fracture	1	3.1
Others	4	12.5
	Mean (SD)	Range
Age at assessment (in years)	33.16 (7.64)	18–50
Age at amputation (in years)	8.67 (5.89)	0–17.5
Time since amputation (in years)	24.48 (7.76)	11.92–50
Prosthesis replacements	9.34 (6.00)	0–30