Emotional Impact of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Manjula A1,*, Prasannababy2, Nalini S J3, Ramya R4 1Lecturer, Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, (Deemed to be University), Porur, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 2Former Principal, Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, (Deemed to be University), Porur, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 3Principal, Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, (Deemed to be University), Porur, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 4Professor, Dept of General Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, (Deemed to be University), Porur, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India *Corresponding author: A. Manjula, Lecturer, Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research Institute, (Deemed to be University), Porur, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, Email: manjula.a@sriramachandra.edu.in, Mobile no.9791068017
Online published on 8 March, 2019. Abstract A descriptive design was used to assess the emotional impact. The sample consisted of 20 patients with diabetic foot ulcer satisfying the sample selection criteria. The setting was surgical OPD of Sri Ramachandra Hospital. The instrument consisted of two parts Part I-demographic variables, Part II-emotional domain of diabetic foot ulcer scale developed by Johnson& Johnson (2002). Emotional domain that measures the level of depression consisted of 17 items in 5 point likert scale. Data were collected on the day of selection on a one to one basis through interview method. The study findings revealed that 10(50%) patients belonged to the age group of 66-75yrs. Regarding wound classification, 14(70%) patients had ulcer that penetrated to capsule or bone. The emotional impact among diabetic foot ulcer patients were, 12(60%) patients had moderate depression and 6(20%) had mild depression and 2(10%) had severe depression. There is no statistically significant association noted between emotional impact and background variables. Top Keywords Emotional impact, depression, diabetic foot ulcer. Top |