Assesment of diabetic foot Risk factor among patients with diabetes attending to zagazig university hospital. | ||
| Zagazig University Medical Journal | ||
| Article 18, Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 155-165 PDF (1.02 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2019.15123.1361 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ghada Attia Aboelezz* 1; Rasha Mohammed Bahaa El Din2; Doaa Omar Refaat3 | ||
| 1family medicine department,faculty of medicine,zagazig university. | ||
| 2Lecturer of Family medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University | ||
| 3General Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Diabetes mellitus is a public and progressively more important chronic disease worldwide. Diabetic foot disease is one of the diabetes complications which most serious and costly. Aim: Improvement of quality of life for diabetic patients and decreasing the rate of lower limb amputation. Objectives: To examin foot status clinically and to identify foot risk category of patients with diabetes. Patients and Methods: A cross sectional study was done on 266 diabetic patients at diabetic and vascular clinics in Zagazig university hospitals.The study was done by filling a questionnaire about socio-demographic data, clinical local foot examination for all diabetic patients. Results: The largest percentage of the studied patients were males(62.8%), aged less than 60 years old (62.4%), had education up to level of basic and secondary school education (72.9%), non-workers(28.6%), married(83.1%), with moderate-income (48.9%) and were current smokers(71.1%).On clinical examination of those patients, the largest percentage had abnormal skin(58.6%), absent sweating(54.9%), present fungal foot infection (53.4%), absent sensation has done by10g monofilament test, pinprick test(60.9%)and amputation (15.4%) and most of them had a very high risk of diabetic foot disease. Conclusions: Most of the patients were categorized had a high risk of diabetic foot(68%).It was significantly associated with low education status, prolonged disease duration, insulin treatment, smoking, presence of callus, fungal infections. So we need foot care education for diabetic patients for a high quality of life and improve their awareness of foot care and self-management. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Foot care; Diabetic foot; diabetic foot disease | ||
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