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Quality Of Life For Pediatric Prosthetic Users, Courtney Wild, Karen Park, Susan Macdermott
Quality Of Life For Pediatric Prosthetic Users, Courtney Wild, Karen Park, Susan Macdermott
Spring 2022 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium
The population of children with limb loss fall into a category of children with chronic physical disability and are vulnerable to functional challenges resulting in adverse impacts on their participation and performance of life activities, known as occupational participation. A mixed method research study was aimed at answering the following research questions: (a) is there an impact on the engagement in meaningful everyday activities for children with prosthetic limbs, considering the functional, emotional, and social challenges they might encounter? (b) does their level of engagement in meaningful everyday activities have an impact on their quality of life (QoL) and (c) …