Factors Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Cross-Sectional Study From Saudi Arabia

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Mousab Al AyedMohamed Abdulaziz Al Dawish

Abstract

Background and objective Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) have been shown to have a high impact on the patients' perceived health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The aim of this study was to estimate the HRQOL and its related risk factors in patients with foot ulcers associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods This cross-sectional study was performed on 81 patients with DFU, from January 2019 to July 2019 at the Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The study population was purposively and conveniently chosen based on patients' availability during their regular and customary outpatient clinic visits. Using the Arabic version of the Short-Form 36-Item Survey (SF-36), these patients were interviewed and their HRQOL scores were was assessed. The SF-36 covered eight aspects of health such as physical functioning, body pain, limitations in the roles induced by physical health problems, limitations in the roles caused by personal or emotional problems, emotional well-being, social functioning, energy/fatigue, and general health perceptions. Results It was evident that age, gender, education, occupation, smoking, duration of diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, body mass index (BMI), and the numbe...Continue Reading

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