ambulatory and social performance status after transfemoral prosthetic rehabilitation regarding age, gender, and marital status

Objectives: this study aims to determine the association of ambulatory and social performance status of transfemoral prosthetic users with their age, gender, and marital status. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 transfemoral prosthesis users. a sample was recruited from both genders aged 10-60 years using the prosthesis for at least one year. they were selected using the non- probability convenience sampling method from the pakistan institute of prosthetic and orthotic sciences from july 2019 to december 2019. lower extremity functional scale and short form-36 health survey questionnaire (sf-36) were used for data collection, followed by statistical analysis. results: ambulatory status (as measured by the total lower extremity functional scale) revealed significant association (p<0.001) with age. the highest score belonged to the 10-30 years age group. also, there was a significant association (p=0.003) with marital status with the highest scores for unmarried ones. however, no significant (p=0.705) gender association was noted though scores were higher for the male gender. as regards, the social performance was measured by sf-36. the findings revealed a significant association (p<0.05) of most domains of sf-36 with age groups, with the highest scores for the age group of 10-30 years. also, a significant association with the gender with higher scores in females was noted in most domains. in contrast, no significant association with marital status was reported in most domains. discussion: ambulatory status has a significant association with age and marital status with no significant gender association. while social performance has a significant association with gender, most domains had significant associations with age groups. however, no association with marital status was present.