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CHAPTERS
DATAANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF FINDINGS FORAN
EVALUATIVE STUDY OF COMMUNITY-BASED REHA,BILITATIVE CARE
FOR AMPUTATED PATIENTS LIVING IN THE SUBURBANAl\1> RURAL
5.1 INTRODUCTION
AREA NORTH OF DURBAN METRO REGION F
This chapter discusses a quantitative and qualitative study conducted on the amputated
patients living in the suburban area north of Durban Metro, Region F. The data will be
analyzed and presented in the form of graphs, figures and tables and will be interpreted
simultaneously in order to attain the meaning ofthe study. This analysis is directed at the
patients only.
5.2 SECTION A: DEMOGRAPHfCDATA
This section was included for comparative purposes to find out which sex and ages are
affected more than the other. These varieties are thought to be closely related to causal
factors ofamputation, for instance, males are more commonly involved in violence and
car accidents than females, as they are the power and working force. With amputated
female patients the cause is thought to be related to the physical medical illnesses rather
than injury.
The age distnbution is also thought to be a contributory factor to amputation. Adults
outnumber children that are amputated. The reason for this is that children use transport
less frequently, except those who attend schools that are far from their homes. The
number ofchildren that are amputated are commonly those who play on the road or are
injured by tractors on the farms and rural areas, as well as complicated fractures that
result in vascular injury. In suburban areas amputations are thought to be commonly
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