Differences in Prosthetic Prescription Between Men and Women Veterans After Transtibial or Transfemoral Lower-Extremity Amputation: A Longitudinal Cohort Study (2005-2018).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate whether prosthetic prescription differed by gender and the extent to which differences were mediated by measured factors.

Design

Retrospective longitudinal cohort study using data from Veterans Health Administration (VHA) administrative databases.

Setting

VHA patients throughout the United States.

Participants

The sample included 20,889 men and 324 women who had an incident transtibial or transfemoral amputation between 2005 and 2018.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Time to prosthetic prescription (up to 1 year). We used parametric survival analysis (an accelerated failure time model) to assess gender differences. We estimated mediation effects of amputation level, pain comorbidity burden, medical comorbid

SUBMITTER: Littman AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11890125 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature