Foot health and quality of life among university students: cross-sectional study

Rodríguez‐Sanz, David; Barbeito-Fernández, Daniel; Iglesias, Marta Elena Losa; Saleta-Canosa, Jesús Luís; López‐López, Daniel; Tovaruela-Carrión, Natalia; Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Ricardo

doi:10.1590/1516-3180.2017.0264230917

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“…These values are consistent with the ones found in the article about pregnant women [25]. In comparison with college students [27], the same as before happens, i.e., Foot Pain is higher among people with T2DM. Regarding the research with 6 to 12-year-old children [28] with a normal arch foot, we can observe that patients with T2DM have worse scores regarding the Foot Pain, General Foot Health, General Health, Physical Activity, and Vigor dimensions.…”

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confidence: 91%

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Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ) in Spanish People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Preliminary Values Study

Domínguez‐Muñoz

García-Gordillo

Diaz-Torres

et al. 2020

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Background and objectives: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease characterized by hyperglycemia. T2DM affects millions of people, and has a lot of complications such as impaired sensation in the feet. Moreover, it is important to know the health of the feet of people with T2DM. The aim of this study is to know the preliminary values of the Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ) in people with T2DM. Materials and Methods: A total of 87 patients with T2DM with an average age of 65.56 years, divided in 54 men and 33 women, participated in this cross-sectional study. The main outcome was the health of the foot as measured by the FHSQ questionnaire. This questionnaire collects data on eight dimensions: Foot Pain, Foot Function, Shoe, General Foot Health, General Health, Physical Activity, Social Capacity, and Vigor. Results: Patients with T2DM have lower values in Foot Pain; median values in General Foot Health and high values in Foot Function, Shoe, Physical Activity and Social Capacity. Some of these dimensions are affected by age, diabetes control, Body Mass Index (BMI), and years of diagnosis. Females with T2DM have more problems than males in the Shoe, General Foot Health, Physical Activity and Vigor dimensions. Conclusions: this research gives us preliminary values of the FHSQ in Spanish patients with T2DM and divided by gender, age, diabetes control, BMI, and years of diagnosis in people with T2DM.

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“…In Spain, the FHSQ has been applied to pregnant women [25], menopausal and non-menopausal women [26], college students [27], 6 to 12-year-old children [28], and seniors [29].…”

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confidence: 99%

Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ) in Spanish People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Preliminary Values Study

Domínguez‐Muñoz

García-Gordillo

Diaz-Torres

et al. 2020

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“…However, several authors have argued that the negative impact on QoL among sedentary individuals and university students was related to foot health disorders. 56,57 The low levels of HrQoL reported in the present study are probably related to the massive reorganization of our society and our lifestyle due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 29 Regarding the relationship between BC and lifestyle variables In fact, in other populations, WC is a better indicator of poor physical HrQoL than BMI.…”

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confidence: 76%

Impact of lifestyle on health-related quality of life among young university students: a cross-sectional study

García-Pérez-de-Sevilla¹,

Pérez-Chao²,

Pareja‐Galeano³

et al. 2021

Sao Paulo Med. J.

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BACKGROUND: Lifestyle is strongly involved in the pathogenesis and progression of noncommunicable diseases, and has a great impact on quality of life. The goal of the present study was to analyze the lifestyle and body composition (BC) of young university students during the pandemic, and their relationship with health-related quality of life (HrQoL). DESIGN AND SETTING: Observational cross-sectional study conducted in the Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain. METHODS: A total sample of 56 healthy university students was recruited. Activity, sitting time, adherence to Mediterranean diet and BC were measured. RESULTS: Regarding BC, only 5% and 10.7% of the subjects had health risk values for waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio, respectively. The mean daily sitting-time was 8.26 hours, while 19.64% of the subjects spent ≥ 10 hours per day sitting. 92.86% of the subjects complied with the World Health Organization 2020 physical activity recommendations. The mean PREDIMED score was 7.41, while 51.8% of the subjects had low adherence to the Mediterranean diet. Regarding HrQoL, 22 subjects (39.2%) and 26 subjects (46.4%) were in the lowest quintile of physical component summary and mental component summary, respectively, according to the reference values for their age range. There was a negative correlation between physical function and sitting time (r = -0.38). CONCLUSIONS: There were high levels of sedentary behavior and low HrQoL values, with a negative moderate correlation between these variables. The findings from the present study especially highlight the importance of implementing public health programs targeting reduction of sitting time among university students.

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“…The first section of the SFHSQ included 13 questions associated with foot health: (1) foot function, (2) foot pain, (3) footwear, and (4) general foot health. Also, this initial section has demonstrated a great grade of essence, criterion and construct validity with an alpha of Cronbach between 0.89–0.95, retest reliability with an intraclass correlation coefficient between 0.74 and 0.92 [19], and has shown to be a proper tool to evaluate the foot health-related QoL in several conditions such as: foot problems [8], foot pain [20], breast cancer [21], university students [12], Alzheimer disease [9] diabetes [22], among other general diseases and specific alterations.…”

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“…Several musculoskeletal alterations may affect the foot, showing a high prevalence of foot deformities and alterations (71–93%), which show a multifactorial origin and may impair the level of dependence, QoL and wellness [8,9,10,11,12]. Furthermore, a recent investigation lead by López-López et al on 1647 participants showed that 68.7% of these participants presented some type of foot problems, such as hallux valgus abductus, flat foot, metatarsalgia, keratosis, heel pain, onychocryptosis, toe deformities, pes cavus, and Morton’s Neuroma, which increased with age and were more prevalent in women [8].…”

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Impact of the Allergic Asthma on Foot Health-Related Quality of Life and Depression: A Novel Case-Control Research

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Background: Asthma may be considered as a non-communicable condition associated with higher bronchial responsiveness that may impair quality of life (QoL). Purpose: The research aim was to compare scores of depression, as well as general and foot health-related QoL, in patients who suffered from asthma with respect to healthy subjects. Methods: A total sample of 152 subjects, median age of 37.00 ± 16.00 years, were recruited from a respiratory and allergy department of a hospital and divided into patients with asthma (n = 76) and healthy subjects (n = 76). The scores of the Spanish foot health status questionnaire (SFHSQ) domains as well as the Spanish Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI) scores and categories were collected. Results: The only statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) was shown for the difference of the FHSQ footwear domain establishing that patients who suffered from asthma presented a worse QoL related to foot health for footwear (lower FHSQ scores) compared to healthy matched-paired participants (higher FHSQ scores). Regarding the rest of the outcome measurements, there were no statistically significant differences (p > 0.05) for the other FHSQ domains scores as well as the BDI scores and categories. Conclusions: Patients with allergic asthma presented impairment of the QoL related to foot health for footwear, which seemed to be linked to the presence of asthma.

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Foot health and quality of life among university students: cross-sectional study

Abstract: These university students' quality of life relating to foot health was poor. This appears to be associated with the university period, regardless of gender.

Cited by 13 publications

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Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ) in Spanish People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Preliminary Values Study

Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ) in Spanish People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Preliminary Values Study

Impact of lifestyle on health-related quality of life among young university students: a cross-sectional study

Impact of the Allergic Asthma on Foot Health-Related Quality of Life and Depression: A Novel Case-Control Research

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