Quality of Life and Self-care Activities in Diabetic Ulcer Patients, Grade 3: Gender Differences

Introduction: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a common complication of diabetes mellitus associated with increased morbidity and mortality and diminished quality of life (QoL). This study aimed to explore the effect of gender differences on QoL and adherence to self-care activities. Methods: In this cr...

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Autores principales:	Maria Polikandrioti, Georgios Vasilopoulos, Evangelos Dousis, Georgia Gerogianni, Georgios Panoutsopoulos, Vasileios Dedes, Ioannis Koutelekos
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Publicado:	Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2021
Materias:	quality of life foot ulcer diabetic self-care patients Medicine (General) R5-920 General works R5-130.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ac5225bf1d7d443a9163bed922e03a852021-11-21T05:40:36ZQuality of Life and Self-care Activities in Diabetic Ulcer Patients, Grade 3: Gender Differences2251-992010.34172/jcs.2021.031https://doaj.org/article/ac5225bf1d7d443a9163bed922e03a852021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jcs.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/jcs-10-184.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2251-9920Introduction: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a common complication of diabetes mellitus associated with increased morbidity and mortality and diminished quality of life (QoL). This study aimed to explore the effect of gender differences on QoL and adherence to self-care activities. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we enrolled 135 male and 135 female patients with DFU. Data was collected using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and a questionnaire that measured self-care activities (Diet, Exercise, Blood Examination, and Foot Check). Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 20. Results: In terms of QoL, male participants had moderate to high levels in the categories of energy/fatigue, emotional well-being, social functioning, and bodily pain, whereas they had low levels in physical functioning, physical role, and emotional role. Female patients had moderate QoL in the categories of energy/fatigue and social functioning, whereas they had low QoL in physical functioning, physical role, emotional role, emotional well-being, and bodily pain. Finally, regarding general health, male participants had moderate QoL and females had moderate to low QoL. Both males and females had low adherence to exercise and high in blood-examinations. For both genders, adherence to exercise had a statistically significant association with all sub-categories of QoL apart from those of role (physical and emotional). Conclusion: It is essential for health care professionals to provide gender-specific approaches in treatment of ulceration.Maria PolikandriotiGeorgios VasilopoulosEvangelos DousisGeorgia GerogianniGeorgios PanoutsopoulosVasileios DedesIoannis KoutelekosTabriz University of Medical Sciencesarticlequality of lifefoot ulcerdiabeticself-carepatientsMedicine (General)R5-920General worksR5-130.5ENJournal of Caring Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 184-190 (2021)
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spellingShingle	quality of life foot ulcer diabetic self-care patients Medicine (General) R5-920 General works R5-130.5 Maria Polikandrioti Georgios Vasilopoulos Evangelos Dousis Georgia Gerogianni Georgios Panoutsopoulos Vasileios Dedes Ioannis Koutelekos Quality of Life and Self-care Activities in Diabetic Ulcer Patients, Grade 3: Gender Differences
description	Introduction: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a common complication of diabetes mellitus associated with increased morbidity and mortality and diminished quality of life (QoL). This study aimed to explore the effect of gender differences on QoL and adherence to self-care activities. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we enrolled 135 male and 135 female patients with DFU. Data was collected using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and a questionnaire that measured self-care activities (Diet, Exercise, Blood Examination, and Foot Check). Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 20. Results: In terms of QoL, male participants had moderate to high levels in the categories of energy/fatigue, emotional well-being, social functioning, and bodily pain, whereas they had low levels in physical functioning, physical role, and emotional role. Female patients had moderate QoL in the categories of energy/fatigue and social functioning, whereas they had low QoL in physical functioning, physical role, emotional role, emotional well-being, and bodily pain. Finally, regarding general health, male participants had moderate QoL and females had moderate to low QoL. Both males and females had low adherence to exercise and high in blood-examinations. For both genders, adherence to exercise had a statistically significant association with all sub-categories of QoL apart from those of role (physical and emotional). Conclusion: It is essential for health care professionals to provide gender-specific approaches in treatment of ulceration.
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author	Maria Polikandrioti Georgios Vasilopoulos Evangelos Dousis Georgia Gerogianni Georgios Panoutsopoulos Vasileios Dedes Ioannis Koutelekos
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title	Quality of Life and Self-care Activities in Diabetic Ulcer Patients, Grade 3: Gender Differences
title_short	Quality of Life and Self-care Activities in Diabetic Ulcer Patients, Grade 3: Gender Differences
title_full	Quality of Life and Self-care Activities in Diabetic Ulcer Patients, Grade 3: Gender Differences
title_fullStr	Quality of Life and Self-care Activities in Diabetic Ulcer Patients, Grade 3: Gender Differences
title_full_unstemmed	Quality of Life and Self-care Activities in Diabetic Ulcer Patients, Grade 3: Gender Differences
title_sort	quality of life and self-care activities in diabetic ulcer patients, grade 3: gender differences
publisher	Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/ac5225bf1d7d443a9163bed922e03a85
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Quality of Life and Self-care Activities in Diabetic Ulcer Patients, Grade 3: Gender Differences

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