better mental component of quality of life in amputee

background: assessment of quality of life can promote health services. the purpose of this study was evaluation of health related quality of life in lower limbs amputee veterans of iran. methods: in the present cross sectional study, we compared 38 lower limbs amputee veterans with 50 normal healthy subjects with sf36 questioner in face-to-face interview. results: amputees had significantly lower grade than normal subject did in role physical (p < 0.01) and were better than normal subjects in vitality (p < 0.001) and mental health (p < 0.01). as a whole, amputees have higher in mental summary component of quality of life (p < 0.05) and lower in physical component of quality of life (p < 0.01). conclusion: diminishing the demand and improving social support of amputee veterans might be considered as high grade in mental summary component of their quality of life.