Outcome after limb amputation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type-* patients. An explorative study.

Recruiting

• Conditions: Posttraumatic dystrophy; Reflex-Sympathetic-Dystrophy; 10011063; 10043413

• Registration Number: NL-OMON33768
• Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 6 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

All patients who underwent an amputation due to serious CRPS-*, with life threatening ulcers or infections, or unbearable and therapy resistant pain in a none functional limb that had a negative influence on the possibilities of participation in daily life, in the period of May 2000 to October 2008, in the University Medical Centre of Groningen.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients will be excluded if they have insufficient knowledge of Dutch to fill out the questionnaires. Patients under the age of 18 will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Results of the questionnaires Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), World<br /><br>Health Organisation - Quality of life Assessment (WHO-QOL), Groninger<br /><br>vragenlijst klachten na arm- of beenamputatie.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Descriptive. Results of a semi-structured interview with questions about<br /><br>reported satisfaction after amputation, coping style, body scheme, locus of<br /><br>control, current stump pain, current phantom pain, recurrence of the disease,<br /><br>avoidance behaviour. Perceived changes after amputation in: pain, mobility, ADL<br /><br>activities, house holding, work, hobbies, sports, relationships, intimacy,<br /><br>mood, appearance, worrying, sleeping, future expectations. Results of the<br /><br>questionnaire Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). And results of a<br /><br>short physical exam of the limb for signs of recurrence of CRPS-*, by using<br /><br>criteria of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) and the<br /><br>criteria of Bruehl. </p><br>