Developing and Evaluating a Peer Support Resource to Support Psychosocial Adaptation for Canadians with Lower Limb Amputations
When someone experiences a lower limb amputation, they face substantial changes in how they participate in meaningful activities and roles, which negatively impacts their health and quality of life, and can lead to isolation . How someone copes with the loss of a limb is a key factor influencing participation, but while physical adaptation is addressed in rehabilitation, people have far fewer resources aimed at supporting psychosocial adaptation. Peer support has been identified as a helpful tool for supporting psychosocial adaptation and participation but resources are limited. By developing and evaluating peer-support resources, we can give people with amputation a tool to support their participation in meaningful activities and roles, ultimately seeking to decrease isolation and increase satisfaction with participation.
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