Voices of Women Veterans with Lower Limb Prostheses: a Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women Veterans with amputation are a group with unique needs whose numbers have grown over the last 5 years, accounting for nearly 3% of all Veterans with amputation in 2019. Although identified as a national priority by the Veterans Health Administration, the needs of this population have remained largely underrepresented in amputation research.

Objective

To describe the experiences of women Veterans with lower extremity amputation (LEA) related to prosthetic care provision and devices.

Design

National qualitative study using semi-structured individual interviews.

Participants

Thirty women Veterans with LEA who had been prescribed a prosthesis at least 12 months prior.

Approach

Inductive content analysis.

Key results

Four key themes em

SUBMITTER: Lehavot K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9481864 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature