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Risk Factors of Diabetic Foot among Patients in Al-Hilla Teaching Hospitals Fakhria JM* A. Prof. Adult Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Iraq *Corresponding author: Fakhria JM., Adult Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Iraq; E-mail: fakhriabaghdad@gmail.com
Online published on 15 March, 2019. Abstract Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a considerable health and socioeconomic problems, having effects on the quality of life and causing a heavy economic burden on the patients and the communities especially the countries with weak economy. Objectives: identify the risk factors for diabetic foot in patients with diabetes and find out the relationship between the risk factors of diabetic foot with some demographic variables. A descriptive analytic design study was conducted on Non-Probability (purposive sample) of (100) patients with diabetic foot admitted to Al-Hilla teaching hospitals. From 25/11/2015 to 7/10/2016. Most of the patients were male (78%), and (22%) of them were female. the highest percentage of their age group (54%) their age were between 48–57 years old. this study reported that there were significant relation between the patient ages and the risks factors, regarding the education status the result showed that the highest percentage of the sample (24%) were at primary school, in addition the present study indicated that the highest percentage of the sample(56%) were nonsmokers. And (70%) of participants did not practice exercises regularly. Finally there was a relationship between patient's age and duration of disease. Top Keywords Diabetic foot, risk factors, ulcer. Top | |
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