Evaluation of a screening and prevention programme for diabetic foot complications
| Autor: | J. W. G. Meijer, Willem H. Eisma, Andries J. Smit, Johan W. Groothoff, Thera P. Links |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Science in Healthy Ageing & healthcaRE (SHARE), Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Guided Treatment in Optimal Selected Cancer Patients (GUTS), Groningen Kidney Center (GKC), Vascular Ageing Programme (VAP) |
| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty PERCEPTION THRESHOLDS Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment MEDLINE Health Professions (miscellaneous) ULCERATION Patient Education as Topic Ambulatory care Risk Factors Diabetes mellitus Ambulatory Care medicine Humans Mass Screening Outpatient clinic VIBRATORY PERCEPTION Mass screening Aged Aged 80 and over RISK AMPUTATION SENSORY-THRESHOLD business.industry Rehabilitation EDUCATION Middle Aged CARE medicine.disease Diabetic foot Diabetic Foot Amputation CLINICAL-PRACTICE Emergency medicine Physical therapy Female SEMMES-WEINSTEIN MONOFILAMENTS business Foot (unit) |
| Zdroj: | Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 25(2), 132-138. SAGE Publications Inc. |
| ISSN: | 0309-3646 |
| Popis: | Foot complications in diabetes can be decreased by preventive measures. The authors evaluated the current diabetic foot screening and prevention programme of the diabetes outpatient clinic of their university hospital, by assessing the presence of risk factors for the development of foot disorders and the preventive measures taken. Fifty (50) diabetic patients not known to have foot complications were selected at random. Risk factors and preventive measures were inventarised with the Coleman risk-categorization system and the Preventive Measures Scale, respectively. Sixty per cent (60%) of the patients were at risk of developing diabetic foot complications. The preventive measures were low in these patients. Patient knowledge was insufficient and behaviour even worse. Basal preventive shoe adaptations were absent in most patients at risk. No relation between risk category and the preventative status was found. Cross-sectional examination at a university outpatient clinic showed serious risk profiles for foot complications, which were not balanced by the application of generally accepted preventive measures. At the outpatient clinic, screening should be optimised. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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