Assessment of Self-Awareness and Perception of Diabetic Foot Disease among People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Tabuk

2018 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 1025-1029
Author(s):  
Ahmad Awadh Alatawi ◽  
Mohammed Hamad Alrashedi ◽  
Abdulelah Mohammed Alqarni
Author(s):  
Thea T. Goie ◽  
Mergan Naidoo

Background: Diabetic foot disease (DFD) is a major challenge for the healthcare system, with enormous economic consequences for people living with diabetes, their families, and society, affecting both quality of life and quality of care. The study aim was to assess the level of awareness of DFD amongst patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Methods: An observational descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the chronic outpatients department of a regional hospital in Durban, South Africa.Results: Two hundred participants with T2DM participated in the study. Ninety-one per cent of participants were either overweight or obese. Ninety-two per cent of participants had concomitant hypertension (57.5%), dyslipidaemia (26.7%) and eye disease (7.2%). Seventy-six per cent reported altered sensation in their lower limbs, and 90% reported having no previous DFD education. Only 22.2% of participants reported having examined their feet, but only when they experienced a problem. Participants achieved mediocre scores for knowledge (mean 4.45, standard deviation (s.d.) 2.201, confidence interval (CI) 4.2–4.7) and practice (mean 11.09, s.d. 2.233, CI 10.8–11.5) on diabetic foot care (DFC). Those who had a higher level of education and who were less than 65 years old had a significantly better score for previous foot care education (p < 0.05).Conclusion: The study demonstrated that awareness of DFD was suboptimal, based on current DFC guidelines. To minimise the burden of DFD, improved screening and prevention programmes as well as patient education should be provided to T2DM patients, whilst maintaining an aggressive approach to risk factor modifications, footwear and identifying the at-risk foot.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Zhou ◽  
Minjie Mao ◽  
Yichuan Shao ◽  
Danlu Yu ◽  
Shengjie Tang ◽  
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Abstract Objective: Diabetic foot (DF) is one of the common serious complications of diabetes, which is an important cause of death and disability, and is associated with diabetic vascular disease and diabetic neuropathy. The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence and risk factors for diabetic foot among a diabetic population. Methods: The study was a retrospective cohort review. The population studied was 348 male examinees of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), in which age-matched equal examinees (174 patients each) were with diabetic foot (DF Group) and with no indication of diabetic foot (non-DF group), hospitalized in the same year at The First Hospital of Jiaxing, China. Medical records were reviewed to collect clinical profile, including duration of disease, smoking, previous diabetic foot incidence, and medication (such as metformin). Categorical data between groups were analyzed using chi-square test (χ2). Unconditional logistic regression analysis was used for multi-factor analysis to identify the risk factors of diabetic foot. Results: Comparing the baseline data of DF Group and non-DF Group, age, course of disease, LDL-C and use of metformin showed no significant difference (P >0.05). The results of the logistic regression analysis showed that smoking history (OR=1.88, P=0.020), previous diabetic foot history (OR=2.290, P=0.016), Hcy (OR=1.194, p≤0.001) were independent risk factors for diabetic foot disease, and HgB (OR =0.984, P=0.021) was the protective factor of diabetic foot disease in male subjects. Age (OR=0.985, P=0.304), course of disease (OR=1.048, P=0.233), history of metformin use (OR=0.851, P=0.509), HbA1c (OR=1.302, P=0.059), LDL-C (OR=0.936, P=0.698), Creatinine (OR =1.010, P=0.326), and ALB (OR =0.943, P=0.084) were not significantly correlated with diabetic foot disease. Conclusions: Smoking, previous diabetic foot history, and homocysteine are independent risk factors for diabetic foot disease. HgB is the protective factor of diabetic foot disease in male patients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliva Suyen Ningsih ◽  
Kornelia Romana Iwa ◽  
Maria Getrida Simon ◽  
Kataria Anastasia Sinar

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Manggarai Regency in 2019 is 535 people and some of them have diabetic foot ulcers. Patients with diabetic foot ulcers had a higher risk of falling than others.This study was to determine the risk factors for diabetic foot ulcers and the risk of falls in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. A quantitative study using a cross-sectional study was conducted at BLUD RSUD dr. Ben Mboi  in April-June 2020 (n = 51).The sampling technique used was purposive sampling with a questionnaire of diabetic foot screening and risk stratification form and Morse scale. Logistic regression results showed that there was a significant relationship between claudication (AOR: 8.409, 95% CI 1.664-42.500, p value 0.010), history of previous diabetic foot ulcers (AOR: 5,680, 95% CI 1,151-28,035, p value 0.033) with diabetic foot ulcers. There was a significant relationship between hypertension (AOR: 0.152, 95% CI 0.028-0.834, p value 0.030), diabetic foot ulcers (AOR: 11.392, 95% CI 1.277-101.651, p value 0.029) with the risk of falling for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.  Assessment of the risk of diabetic foot ulcers and the risk of falls should be done in patients with diabetes mellitus with or without neuropathy peripheral


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
NH Azmi ◽  
A Abdul Hadi ◽  
MA Md Aris ◽  
HE Nasreen ◽  
A Che-Ahmad

Introduction: The diabetic foot at risk is the diabetic foot which is at risk of ulceration, hence the importance of identifying the foot at this stage. This study aims to assess the prevalence of diabetic foot at risk and its associated factors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients’ attending primary health clinics in Kuantan. Methods and methods : This was a cross-sectional study conducted at four primary health clinics in Kuantan involving 450 study participants who were selected by using universal sampling method. Foot examination was carried out and foot at risk was classified based on the Kings’ Classification. Multiple logistic regressions were performed to identify the predictors for diabetic foot at risk. Results: The prevalence of diabetic foot at risk was 31.3%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified age (OR 1.04, 95% CI: 1.01-1.06), smoker (OR 4.11, 95% CI: 1.96-8.63) and duration of diabetes more than 10 years (OR1.77, 95% CI: 1.05-2.98) as risk factors for diabetic foot at risk. Respondents with higher diabetic foot practice score (OR 0.87, 95% CI: 0.77-0.98) have lesser risk of developing diabetic foot at risk. Conclusion: Patients who are older, smoker and/or have chronic diabetes are predicted to be at higher risk to develop the diabetic foot at risk. This study also showed that patients with better foot care practice has lesser risk. Therefore, these are the groups of patients that need to be targeted for early detection and intervention to prevent serious complications.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-131
Author(s):  
Rina Amelia

Diabetes merupakan peyakit kronis yang disebabkan karena kekurangan atau tidak efektifnya insulin yang dihasilkan. WHO memperkirakan jumlah penduduk dunia yang menderita diabetes pada tahun 2030 akan meningkat paling sedikit menjadi 366 juta. Indonesia menempati urutan keempat terbanyak dengan prevalensi 8,6% dari seluruh penduduk. Diabetes akan menjadi masalah yang serius apabila telah terjadi komplikasi, salah satu komplikasi adalah luka kaki diabetes (diabetic foot). Komplikasi luka kaki diabetes menjadi penyebab lamanya hospitalisasi dan amputasi lebih dari 90% ekstremitas bawah pada penderita diabetes. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk menganalisis hubungan perilakuperawatan kaki dengan terjadinya komplikasi luka kaki diabetes pada pasienDM tipe 2di Puskesmas Tuntungan Medan. Disain penelitian adalah analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi penelitian adalah seluruh penderita DM tipe 2 yang datang ke Puskesmas Tuntungan Medan dengan sampel sebanyak 83 orang (consecutive sampling). Instrumen penilaian perilaku perawatan kaki yang digunakan adalah Questions determining the knowledge and practice about foot careyang terdiri dari 15 item pertanyaan. Analisis data menggunakan uji statistik chi square. Hasil penelitian menunjukkansebanyak 48 orang pasien diabetes (57,8%) memiliki perilaku yang buruk terhadap perawatan kaki, sebanyak 29 orang (349%) mempunyai riwayat komplikasi luka kaki dibetes (ulkus). Hasil analisis chi square menunjukkan terdapat hubungan antara perilaku perawatan kaki diabetes dengan kejadian komplikasi luka kaki diabetes pada pasien DM tipe 2 di Puskesmas Tuntungan Medan (p<0.05). Perilaku perawatan kaki sangat berperan terhadap terjadinya luka kaki diabetes. Untuk membentuk perilaku yang baik dibutuhkan edukasi oleh dokter maupun oleh petugas kesehatan kepada pasien diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic disease caused by lack or ineffectiveness of insulin. WHO estimates that the world population with diabetes in 2030 will increase to at least 366 million people. Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populated country and its prevalence of diabetes is 8.6% of the entire population. Diabetes will be a serious problem once complications occurrs. One of the complications is diabetic foot.  diabetic foot  caused a longer length of hospital stay and more than 90% leads to the amputation of the lower limb . The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between diabetic foot care behaviors and the diabetic foot complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at Tuntungan Public Health Center in Medan. This study employed an analytic study  with cross sectional approach. The population of this study was all patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who came to Tuntungan Public Health Center in Medan  and 83 patients were recruited as samples (consecutive sampling). The research used a questionnaires with 15 questions   to collect data of knowledge and foot care behaviour. Data were analyzed using chi square test. The results showed that 48 diabetic patients (57.8%) demonstrated poor behavior towards foot care, 29 patients (349%) had a history of diabetic foot ulcer complications. The results of the chi square analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between diabetic foot care behavior and diabetic foot complications in patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at Tuntungan Public Health Center in Medan (p <0.05). It was concluded that foot care behavior had a high correlation with the incidence of diabetic foot. It is recommended that doctors and health staffs educate diabetic patients to perform good foot care behaviors.


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