Table 3 Difference in use of equipment between three groups

Use of Orthopaedic equipment

Manual wheelchair

5

3

–

Electric wheelchair

2

3

–

Walker

1

3

–

Canes, crutches

1

4

–

Shell wheelchair

2

–

–

Medical bed

2

–

–

Orthopaedic insoles

1

3

3

Splint

1

3

–

Brace

2

–

–

Hearing aids and corneal transplants

Hearing aids

5

4

2

Corneal transplant

2

3

1

Previous or current treatment

Painkillers

8

8

3

Antiepileptics

5

1

1

Neuroleptics

3

1

–

Antidepressants

2

5

–

Anxiolytics

4

4

1

Sleeping pills

2

2

2