Time spent barefoot predicts diabetic foot ulcer depth

• Autores: Gopi Chellan, Ajit Kumar Varma, K R Sundaram, S Shashikala, Kavitha R Dinesh, R V Jayakumar, Arun Bal, Harish Kumar
• Localización: Diabetic Foot Journal, ISSN 1462-2041, Vol. 14, Nº. 2, 2011, págs. 72-78
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • Footwear practices and time spent barefoot were investigated in a cohort admitted to a tertiary care centre in India for the management of life- and/or limb-threatening foot ulceration. Therapeutic footwear use was negligible and the mean time spent barefoot was 2 hours/day. Participants who spent more than the mean number of hours per day barefoot were significantly more likely to have a wound extending to bone or joint. The risk of amputation among those whose wounds extended to bone or tendon was 5.8-times greater than those with shallower wounds.