The Diabetic Foot Journal Vol 11 No 2 2008 Approximately 15% of all individuals with diabetes will experience a foot ulcer at some point in their lifetime (Mayfield et al, 1998). It has been noted that 5.3% of people in a UK population have suffered from a current or previous foot ulcer (Kumar et al, 1994). A foot ulcer can affect QoL by impinging upon the following four aspects: social, psycho...

OBJECTIVE To determine 1) foot ulcer rates for European, South-Asian, and African-Caribbean diabetic patients in the U.K and 2) the contribution of neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) differences to altered ulcer risk between the groups. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In this U.K. population-based study, we screened 15,692 type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients in the community health ...

abstractintroduction: diabetes mellitus is the most common human metabolic disease and chronic non healing diabetic foot ulcers are a critical complication for these patients. angipars is a new herbal extract which has been introduced to accelerate healing of these ulcers. the purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of oral angipars in patients with chronic diabetic foo...

Fifteen percent of people with diabetes develop an ulcer in the course of their lifetime. Eighty-five percent of the major amputations in diabetes mellitus are preceded by an ulcer. Management of ulcers and preventing their recurrence is important for the quality of life of the individual and reducing the cost of care of treatment. The main causative factors of ulceration are neuropathy, vascul...

BACKGROUND The Purpose of this study is to clarify the care process for Iranian diabetic patients with diabetic foot ulcer condition. METHODS The main question of this research was "How is the care process for diabetic foot ulcer patients and how do patients experience it?" This study was within the Grounded Theory method. Data collection was carried out until data saturation was achieved. Sa...

INTRODUCTION Some studies have reported that diabetic patients do not adhere well to the foot care recommendations. Reasons for non-adherence are less evident and the methods used in education programs may have an effect. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to compare the effects of lecture method and combined method of education on foot care of patients and healing rates of diabetic fo...

Background: Foot ulcer is the most common complication that leads to amputation in diabetic patients. Purpose: To study the effect of intermittent pneumatic compression therapy (IPCT) in enhancing healing of chronic diabetic foot ulcer. Methods: Thirty-eight patients (13 men & 25 women) with type II diabetes and foot ulcer grade ІІ according to Wagner classification were recruited to participat...

BACKGROUND Foot ulcers (FU) are a significant complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) and a preceding factor leading to lower extremity amputation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the management of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) in Babol, north of Iran. METHODS Five hundred twenty cases of diabetic foot ulcer that were hospitalized in two main teaching hospitals of Babol University of Medical...