BACKGROUND: Patient satisfaction is an important measurement in healthcare for administrators, clinicians and patients. OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the role of gait deviation in patient satisfaction following lower-limb amputation and prosthesis prescription. STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional study was done. METHODS: Twenty community-based unilateral lower-limb amputees, 12 transtibial and 8 transfemoral, were recruited from support groups. Participants completed the prosthesis evaluation questionnaire (PEQ) with embedded satisfaction-related questions, the timed-up-and-go test and the six-minute walk test, and also underwent quantitative three-dimensional analysis. Kinematic deviation was summarized using the gait profile score (GPS). Results: Satisfaction levels were generally high (median 80 + /100). Sociodemographic variables did not correlate significantly with any of the satisfaction measures (-0.35 /= 0.70). By contrast, the relationships between satisfaction and performance-based outcome measures were not significant (-0.45
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