Provision of Prosthetic Services Following Lower Limb Amputation in Malaysia
- Author:
Nooranida Arifin
;
Hasif Rafidee Hasbollah
;
Muhammad Hafiz Hanafi
;
Al Hafiz Ibrahim
;
Wan Afezah Wan Abdul Rahman
;
Roslizawati Che Aziz
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
amputation;
supply;
lower limb;
prosthesis
- From:Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
2017;24(5):106-111
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The incidence of lower limb amputation is high across the globe and continues to be a
major threat to morbidity and mortality. Consequently, the provision of high quality and effective
prosthetics services have been known as an essential component for a successful rehabilitation
outcome. In Malaysia, amputation prevalence has been increasing in which several main
components of service delivering aspects (such as service intervention, prosthetic personnel)
should be anticipated to accommodate for the increasing demand. This article highlights the
hurdles experienced in providing prosthetic services in Malaysia from multiple aspects such as
financial burden to acquire the prosthesis and lack of expertise to produce quality prosthesis. This
paramount issues consequently justify for the urgency to carry out national level survey on the
current statistics of lower limb amputation and to ascertain the available workforce to provide a
quality prosthetics services. Only with accurate and current information from the national survey,
strategies and policies aimed at enhancing the outcome from prosthetics services can be achieved.
