Quality of life of people with diabetic foot
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 o...
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| author | 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 |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-893293eadaee49c2bfd37a68f01309602025-08-20T12:55:36ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832016-04-01172Quality of life of people with diabetic footPedro Martins Lima NetoPaulo Henrique Silva de LimaFrancisco Dimitre Rodrigo Pereira SantosLayane Mota de Souza de JesusRaina Jansen Cutrim Propp LimaLeonardo Hunaldo dos SantosObjective: 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.https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/2995Quality of LifeDiabetic FootFoot Ulcer. |
| spellingShingle | 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 Quality of life of people with diabetic foot Rev Rene Quality of Life Diabetic Foot Foot Ulcer. |
| title | Quality of life of people with diabetic foot |
| title_full | Quality of life of people with diabetic foot |
| title_fullStr | Quality of life of people with diabetic foot |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of life of people with diabetic foot |
| title_short | Quality of life of people with diabetic foot |
| title_sort | quality of life of people with diabetic foot |
| topic | Quality of Life Diabetic Foot Foot Ulcer. |
| url | https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/2995 |
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