Mental health outcome of unilateral lower limb amputee soldiers in two districts of Sri Lanka.

Background: Thousands of armed forces personnel in Sri Lanka have undergone lower limb amputations due to war injuries.

Aims: The aims were to describe the mental health outcome of unilateral lower limb amputee male soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army in comparison with nonamputee males and to identify factors affecting the mental health outcome.

Methodology: Selected amputee soldiers (n = 461) and controls (n = 461) were evaluated for psychological distress using self-administered versions of GHQ-30 and BSI.

Functional outcomes of unilateral lower limb amputee soldiers in two districts of Sri Lanka.

The purpose of this study was to describe functional outcomes of unilateral lower limb amputee soldiers, in comparison to nonamputee male subjects, and to identify factors affecting functional outcomes. Selected lower limb amputee soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (n = 461) and matched nonamputee male subjects (n = 461) were evaluated with the prevalidated self-administered version of Short-Form Health Survey-36. A majority were below-knee amputees (n = 413; 89.