Time-related changes in quality of life in persons with lower limb amputation or spinal cord injury: protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Experiencing a lower limb amputation (LLA) or spinal cord injury (SCI) is a life-changing event, affecting physical and systemic function as well as having psychological and social impacts. However, the severity of the physical impairment and/or motor disability demonstrates a poor relationship with patient-reported quality of life, suggesting that other factors determine such outcomes. As such, holistic health-related quality of life (QoL) assessment is an important tool to monitor long-term outcomes. While there are some studies that have assessed the influence of variables such as age at time of injury occurrence and time since injury on changes in QoL, there are no systematic reviews which synthesise this evidence.

Methods/design

All follow-up study designs wi

SUBMITTER: Young M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6676595 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature