Investigation of the Work Performed by a Full-time Prosthetist and Orthotist with Patients and Users at Our Hospital
- VernacularTitle:当院における常勤義肢装具士の患者および利用者への対応業務の調査報告
- Author:
Minoru MURAYAMA
1
;
Masazumi MIZUMA
2
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- Keywords: prosthetist and orthotist; hospital; full-time; business; survey
- From:The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2021;58(2):215-220
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: Objective：This study aimed to clarify the actual functions and issues associated with the work of a full-time prosthetist and orthotist while treating patients and users at a rehabilitation hospital.Methods：Using a database that recorded the work performed by the full-time prosthetist and orthotist, the details of the work performed over the course of a year were classified into eight categories and tabulated by stage and item.Results：A total of 1,300 responses were collected for the one-year study period, of which participation in replacement of consumables and damage repair, adjustment of conformity, and brace clinic conferences accounted for 54.0%. Ankle-foot orthosis was the most common response (59.2%), and was more frequently associated with the living phase (76.3%) than the recovery phase (46.5%). The response numbers for all items per prescription in the recovery phase were as follows：prosthetic legs, 11.1 times；ankle-foot orthoses, 3.7 times；and knee ankle-foot orthoses, 2.2 times. Thus, the responses for knee ankle-foot orthoses were less frequent than those for the other two.Conclusion：The maintenance of ankle-foot orthoses in the living phase and prosthetic legs in the recovery phase was well supported by a full-time prosthetist and orthotist. On the other hand, users of knee ankle-foot orthoses may have received less support.
