We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Quality of life of people with diabetic foot.
- Authors
Lima Neto, Pedro Martins; Silva de Lima, Paulo Henrique; Pereira Santos, Francisco Dimitre Rodrigo; de Souza de Jesus, Layane Mota; Propp Lima, Raina Jansen Cutrim; Hunaldo dos Santos, Leonardo
- Abstract
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%), nonsmoker (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.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; QUALITY of life; AGE distribution; PEOPLE with diabetes; HEALTH surveys; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX distribution; DIABETIC foot; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Rev Rene, 2016, Vol 17, Issue 2, p191
- ISSN
1517-3852
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15253/2175-6783.2016000200006