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Validation of the Flemish-Dutch diabetic foot ulcer scale short form (DFS-SF) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers
2019. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034491). Results: The majority of the patients were men (71.1%), with a mean age of 67.7±10.3 years and mean diabetes duration of 20.1±12.5 years. 81 patients (83.5%) had type 2 diabetes. Ischemia was ...
Validation of the Flemish-Dutch Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers
validity. The full study protocol has been published earlier (Rezaie et al. 2019. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034491). Results: The majority of the patients were men (71.1%), with a mean age of 67.7±10.3 years ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
vs. 1.4 patients/week/ DFC in 2018; p < 0.001). No differences in demographic data such as age, gender, diabetes type and duration were observed between both groups. Patients seen during and after ...
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
p<0.001). However, median patient-reported presentation delay did not increase (A: 3 [1-8] vs. B: 3 [1-7] weeks; p=0,81). Demographic data such as gender, age, diabetes type and duration were not different. ...
Management and 6-month outcome of patients with diabetic foot problems: results from a nationwide quality improvement initiative between 2005 and 2014
with a modified methodology, had increasing rates of participation and data completeness. In total, 5,510 episodes were sampled between 2005 and 2014 (5,407 DFU s and 183 acute Charcot feet). Median age ...
Deformation at first presentation is associated with ulceration in active Charcot foot: a prospective follow-up study of 62 patients of the IQED-Foot study
diabetes. We aimed to get a clear picture of the actual circumstances in which Charcot foot occurs and how it is managed. Emphasis was placed on epidemiological data (age at occurrence, diabetes duration, ...
Low prevalence of previous lower limb revascularisation in patients with diabetes and acute Charcot foot: results from a case-control study.
Charcot group was significantly younger than the DFU group (59.1 vs. 69.1 years, P<0.001). Age-adjusted prevalence of previous LLR was significantly lower in the Charcot group than in the DFU group (3.5 ...
Initiative for quality improvement and epidemiology among children and adolescents with diabetes (IQECAD)
s transmitted data on a random sample (N=976) of type 1 diabetic patients aged 0-18 years (representing about one third of all Belgian patients) to the Scientific Institute of Public Health (IPH) using an on-line ...