Patient Perspectives on Osseointegration: A National Survey of Veterans with Upper Limb Amputation
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Quantitative Health SciencesDocument Type
Accepted ManuscriptPublication Date
2019-02-19Keywords
ProsthesesOsseointegration
Upper limb amputation
Patient perspectives
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Epidemiology
Health Services Research
Military and Veterans Studies
Orthotics and Prosthetics
Psychiatry and Psychology
Surgical Procedures, Operative
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INTRODUCTION: Osseointegrated (OI) prostheses have a unique benefit-risk profile among prosthetic alternatives and have been marketed in the United States under a Humanitarian Device Exemption since 2015. Information about upper limb prosthesis user perspectives on benefits and risks, prosthesis-user subpopulations for whom OI is most acceptable, and outcomes that matter most to patients could help inform clinical and regulatory decision-making. Recent 21st Century Cures legislation expanded the role of patient experience data in the decision-making process of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, recognizing that patient perspectives may be informative to regulators. OBJECTIVE: To better understand prosthesis user perspectives about the benefits and risks associated with upper limb OI prostheses. DESIGN: Patient perspective survey. SETTING: Telephone administration. PARTICIPANTS: National sample of veterans with upper limb loss. INTERVENTIONS: NA MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Benefit-risk survey developed for this study. RESULTS: Twenty-eight percent of unilateral and 13% of bilateral amputees were willing to consider osseointegration surgery. Multivariate logistic regression models [OR; 95% CI] showed that transhumeral amputation level [OR 1.40; 1.01-1.98] was associated with greater willingness to consider surgery, whereas older age [OR 0.17; 0.09-0.32] and higher VR-12 Mental Component Summary [OR 0.53; 0.35-0.81] were associated with less willingness. Having a durable/reliable device, the ability to do more activities, and having a comfortable device were rated as very important or somewhat important by 98% or more for every risk condition. CONCLUSIONS: Persons who were older, had transradial amputation (compared to transhumeral), and those who had better mental functioning were less willing to consider this surgery. Respondents who were willing to consider surgery indicated that the most important potential benefits were obtaining a durable/reliable device, the ability to do more activities, and having a comfortable device. Most were willing to accept one or more risks of surgery, with long-term risks including chronic pain, loss of nerve function, or device failure considered the most unacceptable. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III. has been contributed to by US Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.Source
PM R. 2019 Feb 19. doi: 10.1002/pmrj.12147. [Epub ahead of print] Link to article on publisher's site
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10.1002/pmrj.12147Permanent Link to this Item
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© 2019 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. This article has been contributed to by US Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Resnik L. et al., (2019), Patient Perspectives on Osseointegration: A National Survey of Veterans with Upper Limb Amputation. PM and R: Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12147. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions, at https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing/self-archiving.html.ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/pmrj.12147