Zoekresultaten - 9 results
Evolution of patient characteristics and outcomes concerning diabetic foot ulcer care in Belgium between 2008 and 2020
older (2008: 68.2±0.4 years; 2020: 70.1±0.3 years; p<0.0001), had a longer median (P25- P75) diabetes duration (2008: 14.2 (7.5-23.4) years; 2020: 16.3 (9.5-24.5) years; p=0.0002) and more often type ...
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
and mean diabetes duration of 20.1±12.5 years. 81 patients (83.5%) had type 2 diabetes. Ischemia was present in 31.7% of the patients, neuropathy in 88.5%. Most DFU were deep (93.2%) and showed signs of ...
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. ...
Initiative for Quality Improvement and Epidemiology in Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinics (IQED-Foot)- Results of the 4th data collection (audit years 2013-2014)
literature. Rates of knee-high immobilisation were high and immobilisation durations were short. However, it seems that the short immobilisation duration was paralleled by a high recurrence rate. This finding ...
Implementation of a quality improvement initiative in Belgian diabetic foot clinics: feasibility and initial results.
median diabetes duration was 14 years and 64% were men. Of all diabetic foot ulcers, 51% were plantar and 29% were both ischaemic and deeply infected. Ulcer healing rate at 6 months significantly increased ...
Care delivery and outcomes among Belgian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
retinopathy (55 %) and microalbuminuria (73 %) was less frequent, but rates increased with age and diabetes duration. Median HbA(1c) was 61 mmol/mol (7.7 %) [interquartile range 54-68 mmol/mol (7.1-8.4 %)] 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 ...