Roles and challenges of the multidisciplinary team involved in prosthetic rehabilitation, in a rural district in South Africa

Figures & data

Figure 1 Sequence and sampling of participants.

Abbreviation: FGDs, focus group discussions.

Figure 2 Multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach.

Table 1 Roles and referral pattern of members of the multidisciplinary team

Team member	Role	Referral
Traditional healer	Initial assessment and treatment to a point where the patient is systemically ill.	To hospital
Surgeon	Performs amputation	Therapists
Therapist (PT/OT)	Inpatient rehabilitation Overlapping of roles between OT and PT	Clinic (follow-up) Community caregivers
No one	Prosthetic rehabilitation	Prosthetist
Community caregiver	Ensures patient takes medication	To hospital
Prosthetist	Measures and fits prosthesis	Therapist

Abbreviations: OT, occupational therapist; PT, physical therapaist.