Prevalence of diabetic complications and risk factors among diabetic foot ulcer patients: a retrospective hospital-based study

Abstract

Background: Diabetic foot ulcer is a painful, demands increased health care utilization, and increases healthcare costs for the patients as well as the health care system. The purpose of this study was to analysis the prevalence of diabetic foot complications and risk factors among diabetic patients at tertiary care Hospital, Karimnagar.Methods: Total 60 sample sizes were included in the study. The study was conducted at General Surgery ward, Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar from July 2017 to June 2018. Demographic, complications and risk factors were recorded, and outcomes were analyzed using SPSS statistics version 21.0.Results: The Mean age of the study group is 50.31±14.26 years. The male to female distribution is 47 (78.3%) and 13 (21.7%) respectively. The mean duration of illness in days is 96.68±289.21, while mean HbA1C is 9.44±9.02. The mean fasting blood sugar and postprandial blood sugar is 159.78±70.01 and 157.78±86.28 which shown no significance difference (p = 0.87). Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was computed to the level of significant.Conclusions: There was no significant outcome was found in diabetic foot ulcer. Patient with high risk complications need as early detection, foot care education, moderate physical, exercise, fitted foot wear and diabetic diet should be decrease the risk of diabetic foot ulcers.

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“…This finding is in line with the results of studies conducted in Mizan Tepi, Southwest Ethiopia (36.5%) [17], and Jordan 34% [18]. However, the findings of this study are lower than those of studies conducted in Kenya, Iraq, the United Kingdom, India, Spain, and China, which found an overall prevalence of foot deformity among diabetic patients were 46% [29], 46.7% [30], 44.5% [19] , 40% [31], 60.2% [32], and 42% [33] respectively. This difference could be due to variations in the ages of study participants, study design, and assessment methods, or to differences in the study populations.…”

Self-Intuitive Therapy and Psychomotor Activity with Angel Brachial Index (ABI) To Prevent the Risk of Diabetic Foot Complications at The Mokoau Health Center

“…Less than five years since the first leg surgery [5] also about 85% begins with a diabetic ulcer which then progresses to severe gangrene or disease [4]. Increasing age, especially in men, which predominates in the limbs are peripheral vascular disease, peripheral neuropathy, and kidney infection, and weight gain, unfavorable diabetes control, and longer diabetes are the determinants of death after ulceration which is the cause of the high mortality rate of diabetics [6][7][8].…”