Risk of depression following traumatic limb amputation-a general population-based cohort study.

Conclusions: TLA is associated with an increased risk of depression in men over more than two decades of follow up. Occupational and individual characteristics prior to amputation did not greatly change depression risk following amputation. We speculate that a coordinated combination of social support and medical management may help reduce persistent depression risk in men who experience amputation. PMID: 31405332 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Scand J Public Health Source Type: research