Quality of life of people with diabetic foot

Autor: Pedro Martins Lima Neto, Paulo Henrique Silva de Lima, Francisco Dimitre Rodrigo Pereira Santos, Layane Mota de Souza de Jesus, Raina Jansen Cutrim Propp Lima, Leonardo Hunaldo dos Santos
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Rev Rene, Vol 17, Iss 2, Pp 191-197 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1517-3852
2175-6783
Popis: Objective: evaluate the quality of life of people with diabetic foot and its association with age and gender. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted with people with diabetic foot seen in the vascular clinic of a Municipal Hospital. Sociodemographic, clinical, lifestyle and evaluation of quality of life SF-36 questionnaires were used. Results: sample was consisted of 48 people. The majority was elderly (58.4%), female (56.3%), non-smoker (93.7%), non-alcoholic (83.4%), with recurrence of ulcers (50.0%), with present secretion (54.2%) and absent fetid odor (81.3%). Regarding quality of life, the best result was in the domain vitality and the worse, in the domain physical aspects. All domains, except the vitality, had a score below 50 in the measurement of quality of life. There was no significant difference in the comparison of quality of life between age groups and gender. Conclusion: participants presented domains of quality of life that tend to a poorer health status.
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