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SCORE2-Diabetes: 10-year cardiovascular risk estimation in type 2 diabetes in Europe.
previous CVD. Sex-specific competing risk-adjusted models were used including conventional risk factors (i.e. age, smoking, systolic blood pressure, total, and HDL-cholesterol), as well as diabetes-related ...
Sex differences in diabetic foot ulcer severity and outcome in Belgium
were used. Results The vast majority of patients included were male (72%). Ulcers in men were deeper, more frequently displaying probe to bone, and more frequently deeply infected. Twice as many men presented ...
The COVID-19 pandemic minimally interfered with delivery of care and did not result in worse outcomes of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
major amputation or death as first event were assessed by Cox proportional hazards regression. Results: Although overall offloading rates for plantar DFU did not differ, patients that presented during ...
Bottom-up approach to build a ‘precision’ risk factor classification for diabetic foot ulcer healing. Proof-of-concept
insights and allows to tailor the classification to certain clinical settings. These 5 parameters could be used as a ‘precision classification’ for specialized DFC s. Health Topics: Quality of healthcare ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
diabetic foot clinics (DFC s) were advised by the professional associations to consider all active diabetic foot problem as urgent. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of these restrictions on the ...
The COVID-19 pandemic strongly reduced the presentation rate of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium, but the impact on severity was limited to slightly larger lesions
14/03 until 03/05/2020. Free movement was restricted and only urgent medical care was allowed. Although diabetic foot clinics (DFC) were advised to treat all foot problems as urgent, patients were ...
Health-related quality of life in patients with diabetic foot ulceration: study protocol for adaptation and validation of patient-reported outcome measurements (PROMs) in Dutch-speaking patients.
ANALYSIS: This study will be conducted as a monocentre observational cohort study in DFU patients presenting at a hospital-based multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinic. Data will be collected from the medical ...
Declining offloading rates in Belgian Recognized Diabetic Foot Clinics (RDFC): results from an audit-feedback quality improvement initiative.
2 or more and/or active Charcot foot (table 2). Off-loading was categorized as follows: 1. knee-high device, removable or not (TCC, Diabetic walkers…), 2 ankle-high shoe or cast shoe, 3. other ...
Initiative for Quality Improvement and Epidemiology in Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinics (IQED-Foot)- Results of the 4th data collection (audit years 2013-2014)
clinics in Belgium (hereafter referred to as “centres”). The results are compared to those from previous audits. Four audits have been organised between 2005 and 2014. Across all audits, 5,510 diabetic foot ...
Core Standards of the EUBIROD Project. Defining a European Diabetes Data Dictionary for Clinical Audit and Healthcare Delivery.
Keywords: Clinical Audit Delivery of Health Care Diabetes Mellitus Dictionaries as Topic Europe Humans Reference Standards Reproducibility of Results Abstract: BACKGROUND: A set of core diabetes indicators ...