An exploration of diabetic foot screening procedures data by a multiple correspondence analysis

Abstract

Gangrene and amputation are among most feared complications of diabetes mellitus. Early detection of patients at high risk for foot ulceration can prevent foot complications. Regular foot screening (medical history, foot examination and classification into risk groups) was introduced at the out-patient diabetes clinic in Ljubljana in November 1996. We aimed to explore the relationships between the observed variables, check the appropriateness of the risk status classification and of the post-screening decisions.

Keywords

• diabetic foot
• screening
• statistics
• diabetično stopalo
• presejanje
• statistika