Quality of life of Czech patients with diabetic foot ulcers

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17110%2F19%3AA2002251" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17110/19:A2002251 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332196503_Quality_of_life_of_Czech_patients_with_diabetic_foot_ulcers" target="_blank" >https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332196503_Quality_of_life_of_Czech_patients_with_diabetic_foot_ulcers</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/kont.2019.014" target="_blank" >10.32725/kont.2019.014</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Quality of life of Czech patients with diabetic foot ulcers

Original language description

The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of patients with diabetic foot ulcers, and its dependence on the duration of ulceration, the use of insulin therapy, smoking and Body Mass Index. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: A standardized questionnaire, the Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale, was used for data collection. A quantitative study included 247 adults with diabetic foot ulcers. Data collection was performed between April 2014 and December 2014 in 18 podiatric outpatient and chronic wound outpatient clinics spread out over the entire Czech Republic. Results: The study found that the highest average index of quality of life was in the domain of noncompliance (84.6), while the lowest was in the domain of leisure (49.2). The duration of diabetic foot ulcer has significant influence on three domains of quality of life: physical health (p = 0.022), noncompliance (p = 0.044) and positive attitude (p = 0.018). The use of insulin therapy has an important influence on three domains of quality of life: physical health (p = 0.002), daily activities (p = 0.012) and emotions (p = 0.029). Statistically significant differences in quality of life scores have been found between smokers and non-smokers in two domains: noncompliance (p &lt; 0.0001) and positive attitude (p = 0.003). Conclusions: In our sample it was demonstrated that quality of life is dependent on the duration of diabetic foot ulcers - the longer the duration, the lower the quality of life. The dependence was revealed in three domains: physical health, noncompliance and positive attitude. The use of insulin therapy as well as smoking proved to have an impact on the quality of life of patients with diabetic foot ulcers. The use of insulin therapy as well as smoking proved to have an impact on the quality of life of patients with diabetic foot ulcers. Prevention, early detection and monitoring of diabetic foot ulcers is necessary in order to prevent continuing deterioration of quality of life of diab

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30307 - Nursing

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

KONTAKT - Journal of Nursing and Social Sciences related to Health and Illness

ISSN

1212-4117

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

21

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

8-13

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85074507154