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Table 1 Participants’ demographic and clinical characteristics

From: The client satisfaction with device: a Rasch validation of the Arabic version in patients with upper and lower limb amputation

 

Saudi Arabia N = 90

Syrian Refugees in Turkey N = 93

Total

N = 183

Age (years mean (SD))

34.6 (± 14)

38.4 (± 15)

36.51 (± 14)

Gender

n

%

n

%

n

%

Male

77

86

86

92

163

89

Female

13

14

7

8

20

11

Education

n

%

n

 

n

%

Uneducated

5

6

5

5

10

5

Elementary

4

4

27

29

31

17

Secondary

9

10

28

30

37

20

High school

24

27

22

24

46

25

Undergraduate

43

47

1

1

44

24

Graduate

5

6

10

11

15

8

Employment

n

%

n

%

n

%

Unemployed

24

27

19

20

43

23

Student

10

11

10

11

20

11

Military

6

7

0

0

6

3

Private sector

22

24

29

31

51

28

Governmental sector

19

21

10

11

29

16

Other

9

10

25

27

34

19

Cause of amputation

n

%

n

%

n

%

Traumatic

56

62

76

82

132

72

Non-traumatic

34

38

17

18

51

28

Duration of use

n

%

n

%

n

%

6 months-a year

25

28

63

68

88

48

1–5 years

32

36

30

32

62

34

5–10 years

14

16

0

0

14

8

Over 10 years

19

21

0

0

19

10

Affected region

n

%

n

%

n

%

Right lower limb

40

44

35

38

75

41

Left lower limb

32

36

41

44

73

40

Bilateral lower limb

12

13

4

4

16

9

Right upper limb

0

0

0

0

0

0

Left upper limb

1

1

7

8

8

4

Bilateral upper limb

5

6

6

6

11

6

Level of amputation

n

%

n

%

n

%

Transhumeral

5

6

4

4

9

5

Elbow disarticulation

1

1

0

0

1

1

Transradial

0

0

10

11

10

5

Transfemoral

41

46

35

38

76

42

Knee disarticulation

1

1

1

1

2

1

Transtibial

41

46

39

42

80

44

Ankle disarticulation

1

1

0

0

1

1

Chopart

0

0

4

4

4

2

Prosthesis type

n

%

n

%

n

%

Foot prosthesis

2

2

0

0

2

1

Standard below knee

38

42

42

45

80

44

Microprocessor knee prosthesis

25

28

2

2

27

15

Upper Limb Cosmetic prosthesis

2

2

0

0

2

1

Polycentric hydraulic knee

16

18

6

6

22

12

Rushfoot

1

1

0

0

1

1

Myoelectric Prosthesis

3

3

0

0

3

2

hybrid upper extremity prosthesis

1

1

0

0

1

1

Smart Ankle

1

1

0

0

1

1

Pneumatic knee

0

0

16

17

16

9

Harness system prosthesis

0

0

14

15

14

8

Monocentric knee

0

0

13

14

13

7