Assessment of Disability and Depression Following Amputation Among Adults in Korea

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2320873. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.20873.

Wonyoung Jung^{1

2}, Miso Kim³, Hong Jin Jeon^{4

5}, Won Hyuk Chang^{5

6}, Jung Eun Yoo⁷, Kyungdo Han⁸, Dong Wook Shin^{3

5}

¹ Department of Family Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³ Department of Family Medicine/Supportive Care Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁴ Depression Center, Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁵ Department of Clinical Research Design & Evaluation, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Science & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea.
⁶ Department of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁷ Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul, Korea.
⁸ Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea.

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This nationwide, population-based, retrospective cohort study assesses the risk of depression following amputation among adults in Korea.