Search results - 10 results

Evolution of patient characteristics and outcomes concerning diabetic foot ulcer care in Belgium between 2008 and 2020

cross-sectional way using Generalized Estimating Equations (SAS9.4).   Results: The number of people with a new DFU included were 985 in 2008 (20 MDFC s) and increased to 1.579 in 2020 (35 MDFC s). Patients became ...

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 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 ...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium

Groups were compared with each other. Inclusion rate was compared to data from the IQED-Foot survey of 2018.   Results: During the lockdown, one DFC was closed, all others remained open for active foot ...

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

first contact: pre-lockdown group (A, first contact between 01/01 and 13/03/2020, n=322) or (post-)lockdown group (B,  first contact between 14/03 and 30/09/2020,  n=565). Results:  All DFC, except one, ...

Declining offloading rates in Belgian Recognized Diabetic Foot Clinics (RDFC): results from an audit-feedback quality improvement initiative.

(Diabetic Foot Ulcer) are offloaded in RDFC and the evolution over time. RDFC receive their results after each audit for benchmarking (IQED-Foot project). Method: Comparison of offloading methods used in ...

Low prevalence of previous lower limb revascularisation in patients with diabetes and acute Charcot foot: results from a case-control study.

without Charcot foot, but who had diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), served as controls (DFU group, N=3,147). Prevalence of previous LLR was compared between both groups using logistic regression. Results: The ...

Negative determinants of diabetic foot ulcer healing: 6-month follow-up of a large multicentre cohort

into account competing risks (major amputation and death), missingness of covariates and clustering of outcomes in DFC s. Results: At 6 months, the overall probability of healing, major amputation and ...

Initiative for quality improvement and epidemiology among children and adolescents with diabetes (IQECAD)

duration exceeding 1 year (N=861). Quality of care indicators were defined using international recommendations.   Results   Following the audit, the IPH provided each HBMC with a quality indicator feedback ...

QR code

QR code for this page URL