Persistent phantom limb pain.
The role of psychological factors in 10 patients with painful phantom limbs was investigated by means of a questionnaire and interviews. The hypotheses were that the severity of pain would be positively correlated with their present personal problems and attitudes and with experience of pain in the limb before amputation. The first hypothesis was confirmed but the second was not.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001186:Artificial Limbs / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000523:psychology*; D012917:Social Adjustment