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The COVID-19 pandemic minimally interfered with delivery of care and did not result in worse outcomes of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
based on their first contact into the pre-lockdown (A, n=324), lockdown (B, n=94) or post-lockdown group (C, n=492). Groups were compared with each other and with 2018 data. Competing risks for healing, ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
A national lockdown for COVID-19 (March 14th – May 3rd 2020) placed restrictions on the free movement of persons and allowed only urgent medical consultations and interventions in hospitals. On the other hand, ...
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 ...
Pediatric diabetes centres rated parental responsibility and family support as most important determinants of HbA1c using a 17-item questionnaire: a pilot study
HbA1c differences. Nevertheless we know that the metabolic control is not only dependent on the treatment prescribed but also on other factors such as biological, socio-demographic and psychosocial ...
Management and 6-month outcome of patients with diabetic foot problems: results from a nationwide quality improvement initiative between 2005 and 2014
covering ulcer healing, lower-limb amputation and many other aspects of diabetic foot care. The cyclical audits and feedback allow DFC s to focus their QI efforts. Clear nationwide gains in care quality have ...
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
point. The weakness of this study is the low number of patients that is probably responsible for the lack of other significant differences between the groups. Health Topics: Suikerziekte Quality of ...
Negative determinants of diabetic foot ulcer healing: 6-month follow-up of a large multicentre cohort
outcomes of DFC s are benchmarked to each other and over time. [1] Doggen K, Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2014;30:435-443. [2] Pickwell K, Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2013;29:377-383. Health Topics: Quality of ...
Initiative for quality improvement and epidemiology among children and adolescents with diabetes (IQECAD)
report of the individual scores as well as caterpillar plots allowing the comparison of individual scores to anonymised scores of the other HBMC s (benchmarking). Next, a global description of care ...