Background: Diabetic foot is one of major complications of diabetes mellitus, lead to lower limb amputations. Lower limb prosthetics are devices designed to replace the function of the missing lower limb. Aim: of this study was to assess quality of life among diabetic patients with lower limb prosthesis. Research design: A descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Rheumatology outpatient clinic at Teaching hospital in Benha City. Sample: Purposive sample, all patients with lower limb prosthesis attended to previously mentioned setting, total sample size was 60 patients. Tools: Three tools were used, I): An interviewing questionnaire was used to assess; Socio- demographic characteristics of studied patients, medical history and patients' knowledge about diabetes mellitus and prosthesis. II): Quality of life for diabetic patients with lower limb prosthesis. III): Attitude of diabetic patients toward limb prosthesis.  Results:41.7 % of patients aged more than 50 years old with mean age 45.63±10.28 years, 53.3 % of them were male, 56.7% of studied patients had poor total knowledge level, 40% of them were taking insulin injection and 58.3 % of them had low total quality life. Also 70 % of studied patients had negative total attitude regarding limb prosthesis. Conclusion: There were significant positive correlation between patient's total knowledge, their total quality of life and their total attitude. Also, there was highly significant positive correlation between patient's total quality of life and their total attitude. Recommendations: Conduct further studied to improve knowledge and quality of life of diabetic patients with lower limb prosthesis.
Background: Diabetic foot is one of major complications of diabetes mellitus that lead to lower limb amputations. Lower limb prosthesis are devices designed to replace the function of the missing lower limb. Aim: of this study was to assess quality of life among diabetic patients with lower limb prosthesis. . Research design:. A descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Rheumatology outpatient clinic at Teaching hospital in Benha City. Sample: Purposive sample, all patients with lower limb prosthesis attended to previously mentioned setting, total sample size was 60 patients. Tools: Three tools were used, I): An interviewing questionnaire was used to assess; Socio- demographic characteristics of studied patients, medical history and patients knowledge about diabetes mellitus and prosthesis. II): Quality of life for diabetic patients with lower limb prosthesis. III): Attitude of diabetic patients toward limb prosthesis. Result: show that 41.7 % of patients aged more than 50 years old with mean age 45.63±10.28 years old, 56.7% of studied patients had poor total knowledge level and 58.3 %, 56.6 %, 61.7 % of them had poor total quality of life; Also 70 % of studied patients had negative total attitude regarding limb prosthesis .Conclusion: There were significant positive correlation between patient's total knowledge, their total quality of life and their total attitude. Recommendations: Conduct further studied to improve knowledge and quality of life of diabetic patients with lower limb prosthesis.