title: Better mental component of quality of life in amputee.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Assessment of quality of life can promote health services. The purpose of this study was evaluation of health related quality of life in lower limbs amputee veterans of Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the present cross sectional study, we compared 38 lower limbs amputee veterans with 50 normal healthy subjects with SF36 questioner in face-to-face interview.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Amputees had significantly lower grade than normal subject did in role physical (P < 0.01) and were better than normal subjects in vitality (P < 0.001) and mental health (P < 0.01). As a whole, amputees have higher in mental summary component of quality of life (P < 0.05) and lower in physical component of quality of life (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diminishing the demand and improving social support of amputee veterans might be considered as high grade in mental summary component of their quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Gr
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karami
authors.forename: Kh
authors.initials: Kh
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nejati
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masumi
keywords: Health; Lower Limb Amputee; Quality of Life; Veterans