Outcome after limb amputation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type-* patients. An explorative study.

Outcome after limb amputation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type-* patients. An explorative study. - CRPS-* and amputation.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON33768

Enrollment

Registered

2009-06-12

Start date

2009-07-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

Posttraumatic dystrophy Reflex-Sympathetic-Dystrophy

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients who underwent an amputation due to serious CRPS-*, with life threatening ulcers or infections, or unbearable and therapy resistant pain in a none functional limb that had a negative influence on the possibilities of participation in daily life, in the period of May 2000 to October 2008, in the University Medical Centre of Groningen.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients will be excluded if they have insufficient knowledge of Dutch to fill out the questionnaires. Patients under the age of 18 will be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Results of the questionnaires Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), World Health Organisation - Quality of life Assessment (WHO-QOL), Groninger vragenlijst klachten na arm- of beenamputatie.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Descriptive. Results of a semi-structured interview with questions about reported satisfaction after amputation, coping style, body scheme, locus of control, current stump pain, current phantom pain, recurrence of the disease, avoidance behaviour. Perceived changes after amputation in: pain, mobility, ADL activities, house holding, work, hobbies, sports, relationships, intimacy, mood, appearance, worrying, sleeping, future expectations. Results of the questionnaire Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). And results of a short physical exam of the limb for signs of recurrence of CRPS-*, by using criteria of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) and the criteria of Bruehl.	—

Measure

Time frame

Descriptive. Results of a semi-structured interview with questions about reported satisfaction after amputation, coping style, body scheme, locus of control, current stump pain, current phantom pain, recurrence of the disease, avoidance behaviour. Perceived changes after amputation in: pain, mobility, ADL activities, house holding, work, hobbies, sports, relationships, intimacy, mood, appearance, worrying, sleeping, future expectations. Results of the questionnaire Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). And results of a short physical exam of the limb for signs of recurrence of CRPS-*, by using criteria of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) and the criteria of Bruehl.

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results