Table 3.
Participant demographics: prosthetists and prosthesis users.
| Prosthetists | ||||||
| Focus group number | Participant number | Sex | Years of clinical experience | Credentials | Region of practice (the United States) | |
| 1 | 1 | F | 20 | CPO | Northeast | |
| 2 | M | 36 | CP | West | ||
| 3 | M | 7 | CPO | Midwest | ||
| 4 | M | 10 | CPO | Midwest | ||
| 5 | F | 5 | CPO | Southeast | ||
| 2 | 6 | M | 10 | BOCP | Southeast | |
| 7 | F | 22 | CP | Midwest | ||
| 8 | M | 8 | CPO | Northeast | ||
| 9 | F | 11 | CPO | Midwest | ||
| 10 | M | 24 | CPO | Southwest | ||
| 3 | 11 | M | 16 | CPO | Midwest | |
| 12 | M | 13 | CP | Midwest | ||
| 13 | M | 5 | CPO | Northeast | ||
| 14 | M | 27 | CPO | Southeast | ||
| 15 | F | 10 | CPO | Southwest | ||
| 16 | M | 5 | CPO | Midwest | ||
| 4 | 17 | M | 36 | CP | Midwest | |
| 18 | M | 11 | CPO | Southeast | ||
| 19 | M | 30 | CPO | Northeast | ||
| 20 | F | 8 | CPO | Northeast | ||
| 21 | F | 13 | CPO | West | ||
| 22 | M | 30 | CP | West | ||
| 5 | 23 | M | 5 | CPO | West | |
| 24 | M | 2 | CPO | Southeast | ||
| 25 | M | 8 | CPO | West | ||
| 26 | F | 2 | CPO | Southeast | ||
| 27 | M | 5 | CPO | Southeast | ||
| 28 | F | 12 | CPO | West | ||
| 29 | M | 32 | CP, BOCO | West | ||
| 30 | M | 4 | CPO | West | ||
| 6 | 31 | M | 25 | CPO | West | |
| 32 | M | 28 | CPO | Southeast | ||
| 33 | M | 32 | CPO | Southeast | ||
| 34 | M | 27 | CP | Northeast | ||
| 35 | M | 20 | CPO | Northeast | ||
| 36 | M | 42 | CP | Midwest | ||
| 37 | F | 20 | CPO | West | ||
| 38 | M | 20 | CPO | West | ||
| Prosthesis Users | ||||||
| Participant number | Age | Sex | Level of amputation | Etiology of amputation | Time since amputation (wk) | Time using first prosthesis (wk) |
| 1 | 64 | M | TF | Vascular/diabetes | 28.8 | 7.6 |
| 2 | 32 | M | TF | Injury/trauma | 14.4 | 0a |
| 3 | 28 | F | TT | Injury/trauma | 17.6 | 9.6 |
| 4 | 52 | M | TT | Vascular/diabetes | 65 | 48.1 |
| 5 | 48 | M | TT | Injury/Ttrauma | 11.1 | 1.7 |
| 6 | 61 | F | TT | Vascular/diabetes | 36.9 | 29.6 |
| 7 | 47 | M | TT | Vascular/diabetes | 24.1 | 15 |
| 8 | 30 | F | TT | Infection, no diabetes | 28.4 | 14.1 |
| 9 | 58 | F | TT | Vascular/diabetes | 23.1 | 19.4 |
| 10 | 50 | F | TT | Injury/trauma | 34.1 | 29.1 |
| 11 | 66 | M | TT | Vascular/diabetes | 76.2 | 50 |
| 12 | 53 | F | TT | Injury/trauma | 51.4 | 40.1 |
| 13 | 32 | M | B TT | Injury/trauma | 45.1 | 34.7 |
| 14 | 65 | M | TT | Vascular/diabetes | 91.4 | 79.4 |
| 15 | 68 | M | TT | Vascular/diabetes | 35.3 | 0a |
| 16 | 67 | M | TF | Infection, no diabetes | 14.9 | 0a |
| 17 | 59 | F | TF | Vascular/diabetes | 104.7 | 83 |
Abbreviations: BOCO, Board of Certification, Orthotist; BOCP, Board of Certification, Prosthetist; CPO, American Board for Certification, Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist; CP, American Board for Certification, Certified Prosthetist; TT, Unilateral Transtibial Amputation, TF, Unilateral Transfemoral Amputation, B TT, Bilateral Transtibial Amputation.
a
In the process of receiving the first prosthesis (e.g. fabrication and fitting).