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- Title
Handling barriers to offloading the foot in patients with diabetes.
- Authors
Chadwick, Paul
- Abstract
Offloading is an essential part of the treatment of diabetic foot ulceration. However, it is not always used, despite clear international and national guidelines. To address inconsistent levels of implementation in the UK, clinicians were invited to online discussion groups to identify potential barriers to effective offloading in their practice. Through the groups, clinicians were able to identify key barriers to effective offloading and exchange best practice with their colleagues. This was a valuable exercise in supporting them through the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been a period of unprecedented challenges to clinical practice, and provided them with ideas and support to make changes to improve patient care.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; TREATMENT of diabetic foot; OCCUPATIONAL roles; HEALTH services accessibility; ORTHOPEDIC casts; PODIATRY education; MEDICAL care; PATIENTS; HEALTH care teams; WALKERS (Orthopedic apparatus); INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL care medicine; QUALITY assurance; PATIENT compliance; BUDGET; FOOT orthoses; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Diabetic Foot Journal, 2021, Vol 24, Issue 4, p6
- ISSN
1462-2041
- Publication type
Article