Keywords: trauma, amputation, child, PTSD, therapy
Traumatic Amputation in Children 3
Trauma associated with traumatic amputation …show more content…
Many mothers in dual parent families who worked (36%) reported cutting back hours at work. 78% of these women reported the change was due to their child’s limb loss. Similar percentages (19% ± 3) of fathers and mothers in dual parent homes and single-parents reported working more hours, and more father attributed this to the child’s limb loss. Half of the single parents reported missing work for limb- loss related concerns. 52% of dual-parent mothers, 24% of dual-parent fathers, and 69% of single parents reported extended leaves of absence. Single parents were also more likely to quit or change jobs in response to limb loss. Overall, between 50 and 62% of parents made a work adjustment due to their child’s limb loss (Weir, Ephraim, & Mackenzie,