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Table 1 The consequences of PLP and amputation

From: The pre-amputation pain and the postoperative deafferentation are the risk factors of phantom limb pain: a clinical survey in a sample of Chinese population

 

PLP patients (%)

N = 113

PLP free patients (%)

N = 278

p-values

Difference of PLP and

PLP free patients (%)

Work limited

83.6

58.0

0.002

25.6

Lost jobs

65.7

44.8

0.033

20.9

Daily life activities limited

76.1

68.3

0.680

7.8

Social activities limited

80.6

51.6

0.008

29.0

Depression

38.8

21.5

0.037

17.3

Sleeping disorder

46.3

20.6

0.017

25.7

Lost interest

26.9

8

0.024

18.9

Suicide attempt

20.9

4.8

0.004

16.1

  1. The consequence of PLP (phantom limb pain) and amputation on the lives of patients showed in this table. Difference of PLP and PLP free patients = the ratio of the work limited, lost jobs, etc. in PLP patients-the ratio of the work limited, lost jobs, etc. in PLP free patients