Sentiments related with self-image of aged people submetted to amputation of inferior limbs

Abstract

The present study is part of the DIOGO6 monograph, and has the intention of verifying with aged people who have been submitted ¿o amputation of inferior limbs, the sentiments related with their self-image. The data was collected from 25 infirmary and hospitalized patients, of a governmental university hospital. The análisis of the results sugests that the sentiments shown by the patients submitted to amputation less than 10 days before were diferente from tham those shown by patients which had suffered amputation over a month before, while dependence was manifested in both groups. In relation to the reactions of relatives and friends, both groups were similar.