TABLE 4.

Amputation Variables by Employment Category

Amputation Variables by Employment Category
Question 2a – Has this other pain (back, shoulder, other leg) affected your ability to work?
Variable	Responses	No to slight	Moderate	Considerable to great	P-value
Employment Catagory1	Employed	30 (49%)	18 (30%)	13 (21%)	.019*
	Unemployed	18 (31%)	12 (21%)	28 (48%)	(.003)
	Retired	15 (35%)	7 (17%)	20 (38%)
Question 3a – Has the pain in your residual limb affected your ability to work?
Variable	Responses	No to slight	Moderate	Considerable to great	P-value
Employment Category1	Employed	30 (49%)	15 (25%)	16 (26%)	.034*
	Unemployed	21 (36%)	14 (24%)	23 (40%)	(.029)
	Retired	12 (29%)	6 (14%)	24 (57%)
Question 4a – Has the appearance of your residual limb affected your ability to work?
Variable	Responses	No to slight	Moderate	Considerable to great	P-value
Employment Category3	Employed	52 (84%)	5 (8%)	5 (8%)	.400
	Unemployed	44 (78%)	6 (11%)	6 (11%)	(.343)
	Retired	28 (68%)	5 (12%)	8 (20%)
Question 5a – Has difficulty with transportation affected your ability to work?
Variable	Responses	No to slight	Moderate	Considerable to great	P-value
Employment Category4	Employed	51 (82%)	5 (8%)	6 (10%)	.127
	Unemployed	38 (69%)	8 (15%)	9 (16%)	(.071)
	Retired	25 (61%)	5 (12%)	11 (27%)
Question 6a – Has chafing, sores, or skin irritation affected your ability to work?
Variable	Responses	No to slight	Moderate	Considerable to great	P-value
Employment Category5	Employed	26 (44%)	15 (25%)	18 (31%)	.296
	Unemployed	24 (43%)	8 (14%)	24 (43%)	(.092)
	Retired	17 (41%)	5 (13%)	19 (46%)
Question 7a – Has difficulty participating in social and community activities affected your ability to work?
Variable	Responses	No to slight	Moderate	Considerable to great	P-value
Employment Category6	Employed	46 (75%)	10 (16%)	5 (9%)	.257
	Unemployed	36 (65%)	9 (16%)	10 (19%)	(.125)
	Retired	23 (56%)	10 (24%)	8 (20%)

Note.

^1.N = 161

^2.N = 163

^3.N = 159

^4.N = 158

^5.N = 156

^6.N = 157.

^aFisher’s Exact test (Chi-Square test otherwise)

^*P <0.05