Factors Associated With Quality of Life in Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcers

AuthorFariba Nasirizibaen
AuthorDavood Rasoulien
AuthorZahra Safaeien
AuthorDariush Rokhafroozen
AuthorAlireza Rahmanien
Issued Date2015-01-01en
AbstractBackground: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a serious and costly complication in diabetes which affects approximately 15% of patients with diabetes and affects their quality of life (QOL). Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors associated with QOL in patients with DFU. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 60 patients (32 males and 28 females) hospitalized for DFU, performed through convenience sampling. Data related factors and the QOL questionnaire for patients with DFU were abridged. This questionnaire has 29 questions in six dimensions of enjoying life, physical health, daily activities dependence, negative emotions, concern about wound, and wound caring, which evaluate the QOL in patients with DFU. The scoring method for this tool is five optional Likert. Descriptive and analytic statistical methods were used to analyze the data. Results: Of the 60 patients with DFU, 53% were male and 47% female with an average age of 58.08 ± 11.95 years and average QOL of 41.1 ± 9.15. Statistical analysis showed that age (P = 0.002), employment (P ≤ 0001), socioeconomic status (P = 0.016), leg ulcer (P ≤ 0001), and the number of foot ulcer (P = 0.017) had a statistically significant relationship with QOL and its dimensions. Other variables did not have a significant relationship with QOL, but some of them such as smoking during negative emotions (P = 0.046) and marital status affecting the foot care difficulties (P = 0.03) had significant statistical relationships with QOL. Conclusions: Diabetic foot ulcer affects different aspects of life and can reduce patient’s QOL. To improve the care behaviors and have a better control of foot ulcers and improve the QOL for these patients, taking into account factors such as age, occupation, marital status, number of wounds, and economic status is essential to plan for care and health needs in these patients.en
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5812/jjcdc.26598en
KeywordDiabetic Footen
KeywordUlcersen
KeywordQuality of Lifeen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleFactors Associated With Quality of Life in Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcersen
TypeResearch Articleen

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