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Evolution of patient characteristics and outcomes concerning diabetic foot ulcer care in Belgium between 2008 and 2020
Methods: Data were cross-sectionally collected between 2008 and 2020. Recognized MDFC s included the first 52 patients with a new DFU of Wagner 2 or higher during the audit period. Person and ulcer ...
Sex differences in diabetic foot ulcer severity and outcome in Belgium
study. Data were collected on demographics, medical history, current DFU and outcome. For data analysis, a Generalized Estimating Equation model and an adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
and the impact of the lockdown on the severity of the DFU at presentation was limited to slightly larger wounds. Currently, treatment and outcome data of these patients are being collected and will be ...
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 ...
Initiative for Quality Improvement and Epidemiology in Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinics (IQED-Foot)- Results of the 4th data collection (audit years 2013-2014)
better understood and acted on. The scope of the questionnaire was broad. We can expect data collection burden to be relatively high compared to other comparable audit systems. Further efforts are needed ...
Clinical action measures improve the reliability of feedback on quality of care in diabetes centres: a retrospective cohort study.
classical TM. METHODS: Data was used from 3421 diabetes patients treated in 95 centres, collected in two consecutive retrospective data collections. Patients met the TM when their index value was below ...
Core Standards of the EUBIROD Project. Defining a European Diabetes Data Dictionary for Clinical Audit and Healthcare Delivery.
was required. We aimed to define a robust European data dictionary with appropriate clinical definitions that can be used to analyse diabetes outcomes and provide the foundation for data collection from ...
Negative determinants of diabetic foot ulcer healing: 6-month follow-up of a large multicentre cohort
with DFU healing. Conclusions: Presence of bilateral DFU s is particularly detrimental for healing. Compared to previous observational studies and especially Eurodiale [2], our data, collected routinely ...
Implementation of a quality improvement initiative in Belgian diabetic foot clinics: feasibility and initial results.
METHODS: Using self-developed software and questionnaires, diabetic foot clinics collected data in 2005, 2008 and 2011, covering characteristics, history and ulcer severity, management and outcome of the ...
Care delivery and outcomes among Belgian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
patients with type 1 diabetes, aged 0-18 years. Questionnaires were used to collect data on demographic and clinical characteristics, as well as process of care completion and outcomes of care in 2008. Most ...