Clinician perspectives on postamputation pain assessment and rehabilitation interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to explore self-reported Veterans Affairs (VA) amputation clinician perspectives and clinical practices regarding the measurement and treatment for amputation-related pain.

Study design

Cross-sectional survey with 73 VA rehabilitation clinicians within the VA Health Care System.

Results

The most frequent clinical backgrounds of respondents included physical therapists (36%), prosthetists (32%), and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist (21%). Forty-one clinicians (56%) reported using pain outcome measures with a preference for average pain intensity numeric rating scale (generic) (97%), average phantom limb pain intensity numeric rating scale (80%), or Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System pain inter

SUBMITTER: Rich TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12720276 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature