Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/59264
Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Diabetic foot and its serial treatment in high-risk patients: focusing on the individual
Authors: Eli Ávilasouza Júnior
Raul Silva Simões de Camargo
Tiago Soares Baumfeld
Daniel Soares Baumfeld
Benjamin Dutra Macedo
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To assess knowledge about diabetic foot, care measures, and the importance attached to serial treatment in a group of high-risk diabetic foot patients.METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study, carried out in a tertiary hospital, with 25 patients undergoing serial treatment for diabetic foot. The tabulation of the data occurred through the use of three methodological figures: core idea, key expressions, and the collective subject discourse.RESULTS: It became evident that even among high-risk patients with diabetic foot, there is no complete knowledge about the definition of the disease. Despite this, all participants reported practicing daily care measures, including frequent inspection of the feet, food care, and attention to footwear. Regarding the importance of serial treatment, there was unanimous recognition of the relevance of this practice, which improves self-care discipline, optimizes the understanding of the disease, and helps to prevent progression.CONCLUSIONS: Authentic speeches in the context of a pathology of considerable prevalence manifested, in an unprecedented way, with conceptions about its definition, care measures, and importance of serial treatment in a high-risk group.
Subject: Foot Diseases
Diabetic Foot
Amputation, Surgical
Bioethics
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE APARELHO LOCOMOTOR
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.66.11.1542
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/59264
Issue Date: 13-Jun-2020
metadata.dc.url.externa: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.66.11.1542
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
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