Epidemiological profile ofpatients with amputation due todiabetic foot
International Journal of Development Research
Epidemiological profile ofpatients with amputation due todiabetic foot
Received 19th January, 2020; Received in revised form 11th February, 2020; Accepted 08th March, 2020; Published online 29th April, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Jessika Lopes Figueiredo Pereira Batista et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To characterize the clinical profile of patients with diabetic foot amputation. Materials andMethods: Exploratory, descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, carried out in a public hospital in Campina Grande - PB, with a sample of 208 medical records of patients with amputation due to diabetic foot. Descriptive statistics of relative and absolute frequency, Pearson's Chi-square association test or Fisher's exact test, Poisson regressions and prevalence ratio were used. Results: Male patients, over 61 years old and without occupation, with a glycemic status (during hospitalization) of <200 mg / dL, who had other comorbidities, with Systemic Arterial Hypertension being the most prevalent. Regarding amputation, there were more cases of a first amputation, with a major level, and predominantly in thetransfemoral region. Conclusion: Characterizing a prevalent profile for this condition provides health professionals at all levels of care, subsidies for carrying out preventive actions, as well as an evaluation of the care plan and special attention to these cases in order to avoid complications of this pathology.
