The relationship between prosthesis use, phantom pain and psychiatric symptoms in male traumatic limb amputees

Durmuş D., Safaz I., Adiguzel E., Uran A., SARISOY G., Goktepe A. S., ...More

COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY, vol.59, pp.45-53, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 59
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.10.018
  • Journal Name: COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.45-53
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify psychiatric symptoms by comparing male patients with traumatic leg amputations (LAs) with healthy controls and to determine the association between these psychiatric symptoms and phantom pain and prosthesis use characteristics.