Determinants of Anxiety in Amputees Owed to Traumatic & Non-Traumatic Causes in Quetta

Authors

  • Abdul Baqi Physiotherapist Civil Hospital Quetta
  • Shahid Pervez Shaikh Assistant Professor Anatomy Baqai Medical University Karachi
  • Muhammad Shoaib Zia Assistant Professor OMFS MMDC Multan
  • Muhammad Mohsin Javaid Demonstrator Community Dentistry School of Dentistry, SZABMU Islamabad
  • M. Shaharyar Malik DSO PEI Program World Health Origination
  • Qasim Zia Final Year MBBS Student MMDC Multan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48036/apims.v18i3.671

Keywords:

Amputees, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma

Abstract

Objective: To find out the causes and factors of anxiety among amputees suffering from traumatic and non-traumatic causes.

Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Quetta from the month of May 2018 to July 2018. This study included those clients with amputations as a result of Traumatic & non-traumatic causes and the data was collected from them. This study involved a total of 54 participants. All amputees who visited the three Physical Rehabilitation Centre were included during data collection process. A structured adopted questionnaire using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) according to the inclusion & exclusion criteria & then tabularized and analyzed by applying Chi square test.

Results: This study involved a total of 54 participants of whom 7(13%) were females and 47(87%) males. Among amputees 36(66.7 %), amputations were due to Traumatic injuries and 18(33.3%) were due to non-traumatic amputations. In traumatic, the majority was due to RTA with 25(46.3 %) and in non-traumatic causes diabetes stood first with 13(24.1%) amputation. Traumatic are more anxious than non-traumatic. There is a significant relationship between marital status and anxiety level (p-value 0.047). Statistically significant relationships between amputation and anxiety level were noticed, p value=0.049.

Conclusion: Amputation has a significant association with anxiety level. Traumatic experiences make people feel more anxious than non-traumatic ones. Socio-demographics has association with levels of anxiety. It is recommended to do regular or annual screening of these patients following amputation.

Published

2022-09-11

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2022): July-September

Section

Original Articles

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