Biopsychosocial Needs among Patients with Lower Limbs Amputation

Abstract

Lower limb amputation is both a life –saving procedure and a life–changing event that is likely to pose considerable challenges in the definition of psychological and social adjustment. Limb amputation can lead to not only permanent physical loss, but it also lead to influence all life domains. It can lead to significant psychosocial dysfunction among some persons. Person response to lower limb amputation are varied from one to one according to personal, social, environmental and physical factors (Bosse et al, 2017). The biopsychosocial method in the health care emphasizes the importance of understanding the human health. The biological, psychological and social factors very important in understanding health, illness and access to health care. In addition, psychosocial factors should be understood as significant to the patient's disease prognosis and ability to provide care (Meyr et al, 2017). The Indications for amputation are related to the degree of tissue necrosis or viability, and it is performable in either a single operation or a staged manner (amputation followed by reconstruction). The decision to take on either approach depends largely on the clinical status of the patient and the quality of the soft tissues at the desired level of amputation with the primary goal being to excise the non-