Health services utilization in adult acquired major upper-limb amputees: a population-based survey.

Objective: To increase knowledge of health services utilization and related factors in adult acquired major upper-limb amputees.

Design: Population-based cross-sectional study conducted in Norway.

Subjects: Two hundred and twenty four adult acquired major upper-limb amputees (57.

Prosthesis use in adult acquired major upper-limb amputees: patterns of wear, prosthetic skills and the actual use of prostheses in activities of daily life.

Purpose: To describe patterns of prosthesis wear and perceived prosthetic usefulness in adult acquired upper-limb amputees (ULAs). To describe prosthetic skills in activities of daily life (ADL) and the actual use of prostheses in the performance of ADL tasks. To estimate the influence of prosthetic skills on actual prosthesis use and the influence of background factors on prosthetic skills and actual prosthesis use.

Prosthesis rejection in acquired major upper-limb amputees: a population-based survey.

Purpose: To estimate the rates of primary and secondary prosthesis rejection in acquired major upper-limb amputees (ULAs), to describe the most frequently reported reasons for rejection and to estimate the influence of background factors on the risk of rejection.

Method: Cross-sectional study analysing population-based questionnaire data (n = 224). Effects were analysed by logistic regression analyses and Cox regression analyses.

Adult acquired major upper limb amputation in Norway: prevalence, demographic features and amputation specific features. A population-based survey.

Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of adult acquired major upper limb amputation in Norway. To describe this amputee population regarding demographic features and amputation specific features. To compare our data to data collected internationally.

Mental health and satisfaction with life among upper limb amputees: a Norwegian population-based survey comparing adult acquired major upper limb amputees with a control group.

Purpose: To assess how upper limb amputation affects mental health and life satisfaction.

Method: Cross-sectional study comparing the mental health and perceived satisfaction with life among adult acquired major upper limb amputees in Norway with a control group drawn from the Norwegian general population. The scales used were the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) and the Hopkins Symptom Check List 25-item (SCL-25).