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Quality of life is often cited as a key influence in decisions about partial foot and transtibial amputations despite there being no studies comparing quality of life in these groups.

To compare quality of life in people with partial foot amputation or transtibial amputation secondary to peripheral vascular disease and determine factors influencing quality of life in these cohorts.

Cross-sectional.

Mail-out, mail-back version of the SF-36v2 Health Survey and an adapted version of the demographic section of the Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales–Revised were sent to people recruited through a large metropolitan hospital.

Both the SF-36v2 mental health component summary and physical component summary scores were comparable in the partial foot amputation (n = 10) and transtibial amputation (n = 23) cohorts. A multivariate linear regression showed …