• Department of Rehabilitation, the Second People’s Hospital of Mianzhu City, Mianzhu, Sichuan 618201, P. R. China;
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Objective To carry out an investigation on the life quality of amputees in the “5·12” Wenchuan earthquake before and after rehabilitation of one year (short term), three year (intermediate term) and five year (long term) and find out the best program of recovery. Methods In September 2008, 52 patients who were treated in the higher-level hospital and came back to the Second People’s Hospital of Mianzhu City for rehabilitation were divided into two groups: group A and B with 26 patients in each. Phased rehabilitation program was adopted for group A while traditional program was chosen for patients in group B. “The Personal Information Table of Amputees of Deyang City” and The Life Quality Measurement Table of World Health Organization were chosen as the research tools before the program and one year, three years and five years after the program. Result Scores of the life quality of both groups showed a general rising tendency, while group A was higher than group B in each single phase, especially in the longterm one. For positive feeling, group A got a score of 193.0±12.3 and group B got 126.0±11.2; for ability to work, group A had a score of 62.0±5.2 and group B had 41.0±2.3; for life satisfaction, group A achieved 150.0±2.1 and group B achieved 101.0±6.2; for ability of action, the score of group A was 17.0±2.6 and group B was 11.0±5.2. The differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05) . Conclusion Compared with conventional rehabilitation program, phased rehabilitation program can better enhance and consolidate the amputees’ quality of life and promote their returning to family and society, which can make up for the deficiency of the existing rehabilitation programs and is worth popularization and application.

Citation: LongZhongguo, HeXiupin, Yanghongying, MaoXiaochun. Impact of Phased Rehabilitation Programs on the Life Quality of Amputees of the “5·12” Wenchuan Earthquake. West China Medical Journal, 2016, 31(5): 897-900. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201600243 Copy

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