Quality of life of caregiver spouses of veterans with bilateral lower extremity amputations.

Background: Providing care for patients with chronic disability affects caregivers' social lives and relationships and can lead to poor health and lower quality of life.

Objectives: In this study, our goal was to assess the quality of life in spouses of war veterans with bilateral lower limb amputations to find factors affecting caregivers' quality of life.

Patients And Methods: In a cross-sectional study, spouses of 244 veterans with war-related bilateral lower limb amputations for at least one year were invited to participate in this study; 189 couples accepted to participate.

Long-term clinical outcomes of war-related hip disarticulation and transpelvic amputation.

Background: The Iran-Iraq war (1980 to 1988) was one of the longest wars of the twentieth century. Few studies are available in the current literature evaluating the long-term results of proximal lower-extremity war-related amputations. The purpose of the present cross-sectional study was to evaluate the current health-related quality of life and clinical musculoskeletal function of Iranian veterans with hip or hemipelvic amputation.