Impaired quality of life and diabetic foot disease in Saudi patients with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to assess the overall health-related quality of life in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with diabetic foot disease compared to diabetic patients without diabetic foot and to identify the clinical utility of this assessment.

Methods

A total of 250 consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (100/150 with/without diabetic foot, respectively) were interviewed. The questionnaires of the 36-item short-form survey and region-specific foot and ankle ability measure were applied. Wagner-Meggitt wound classification was used for foot-ulcer evaluation. Follow-up of patients for 3-6 weeks was done to identify the potential clinical short outcomes of diabetic foot ulcers.

Results

Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with diabetic foot exhibited p

SUBMITTER: AlSadrah SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6385329 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature