Heath-related Quality of Life of Diabetic Transmetatarsal Amputees and Below-knee Prosthetic Users

Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Diabetes Complications; Amputees

Treatments: Procedure: Amputation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02445170

364/13/03/02/2014/8

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study assesses the health-related quality of life of diabetic transmetatarstal and below-knee prosthetic user. The study design is cross-sectional with a retrospective review of patient hospital records and an assessment with patient-reported outcome measure.

Full description

The present study aims to recruit 100 diabetic transmetatarsal and below-knee prosthetic user to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between these two patient groups. The 15D HRQoL instrument is applied. An additional comparison with the age-standardized Finnish general population will be performed.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with diabetes
• Transmetatarsal amputation
• Below-knee prosthetic user
• 2-5 years from surgery

Exclusion criteria

• No diabetes
• Other than transmetatarsal or below-knee amputation
• Below-knee amputation but not a below-knee prosthetic user
• Less than 2 years from the amputation
• Over 5 years from amputation

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

Below-knee amputees

Description:

The present group consists of diabetic below-knee prosthetic user

Treatment:

Procedure: Amputation

Transmetatarsal amputees

Description:

The present group consists of diabetic transmetatarsal amputees

Treatment:

Procedure: Amputation