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Aboelezz, G., Bahaa El Din, R., Refaat, D. (2021). Assesment of diabetic foot Risk factor among patients with diabetes attending to zagazig university hospital.. Zagazig University Medical Journal, 27(1), 155-165. doi: 10.21608/zumj.2019.15123.1361
Ghada Attia Aboelezz; Rasha Mohammed Bahaa El Din; Doaa Omar Refaat. "Assesment of diabetic foot Risk factor among patients with diabetes attending to zagazig university hospital.". Zagazig University Medical Journal, 27, 1, 2021, 155-165. doi: 10.21608/zumj.2019.15123.1361
Aboelezz, G., Bahaa El Din, R., Refaat, D. (2021). 'Assesment of diabetic foot Risk factor among patients with diabetes attending to zagazig university hospital.', Zagazig University Medical Journal, 27(1), pp. 155-165. doi: 10.21608/zumj.2019.15123.1361
Aboelezz, G., Bahaa El Din, R., Refaat, D. Assesment of diabetic foot Risk factor among patients with diabetes attending to zagazig university hospital.. Zagazig University Medical Journal, 2021; 27(1): 155-165. doi: 10.21608/zumj.2019.15123.1361

Assesment of diabetic foot Risk factor among patients with diabetes attending to zagazig university hospital.

Article 18, Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2021, Page 155-165  XML PDF (1.02 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2019.15123.1361
Authors
Ghada Attia Aboelezz email 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
Main Subjects
Family Medicine
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