Medium-term psychosocial outcomes of passive-dynamic ankle-foot orthosis (PDAFO) users. Data present pre-PDAFO and >12 months of follow-up measures in (1) all users, (2) patients who received rehabilitation after PDAFO and (3) no rehabilitation after PDAFO. Data presented as mean, SD, range and percentages
| All patients | Received MDT rehabilitation post-PDAFO provision | Did not receive MDT rehabilitation post-PDAFO provision | ||||
| Preprovision admission | Follow-up | Preprovision admission | Follow-up | Preprovision admission | Follow-up | |
| n | 23 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 9 |
| Mental health outcomes | ||||||
| PHQ-9 (Depression) | 4±4 (0–19) | 4±4 (0–13) | 4±4 (0–12) | 3±3 (0–10) | 4±6 (0–19) | 4±5 (0–13) |
| <5 No symptoms (%) | 70 | 61 | 71 | 64 | 67 | 56 |
| >10 Moderate symptoms (%) | 13 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| >15 Moderate to severe symptoms (%) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) | 4±5 (0–12) | 3±4 (0–13) | 4±4 (0–11) | 3±4 (0–13) | 4±6 (0–12) | 4±5 (0–8) |
| <5 No symptoms (%) | 70 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 67 |
| >10 Moderate symptoms (%) | 13 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| >15 Severe symptoms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Requires mental health support (%) | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Pain | ||||||
| Not wearing the PDAFO | ||||||
| Report no pain (%) | 13 | 30 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 44 |
| Able to control pain (%) | 91 | 78 | 93 | 86 | 90 | 67 |
| Wearing the PDAFO | ||||||
| Report no pain (%) | – | 22 | – | 21 | – | 22 |
| Able to control pain (%) | – | 91 | – | 100 | – | 78 |
MDT, multidisciplinary team; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9.