Rev Rene (Jan 2016)

Quality of life of people with diabetic foot

  • Pedro Martins Lima Neto,
  • Paulo Henrique Silva de Lima,
  • Francisco Dimitre Rodrigo Pereira Santos,
  • Layane Mota de Souza de Jesus,
  • Raina Jansen Cutrim Propp Lima,
  • Leonardo Hunaldo dos Santos

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 2
pp. 191 – 197

Abstract

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Objective: evaluate the quality of life of people with diabetic foot and its association with age and gender. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted with people with diabetic foot seen in the vascular clinic of a Municipal Hospital. Sociodemographic, clinical, lifestyle and evaluation of quality of life SF-36 questionnaires were used. Results: sample was consisted of 48 people. The majority was elderly (58.4%), female (56.3%), non-smoker (93.7%), non-alcoholic (83.4%), with recurrence of ulcers (50.0%), with present secretion (54.2%) and absent fetid odor (81.3%). Regarding quality of life, the best result was in the domain vitality and the worse, in the domain physical aspects. All domains, except the vitality, had a score below 50 in the measurement of quality of life. There was no significant difference in the comparison of quality of life between age groups and gender. Conclusion: participants presented domains of quality of life that tend to a poorer health status.