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Degree of risk for foot ulcer due to diabetes: nursing assessment
Maria do Livramento Saraiva Lucoveis1, Mônica Antar Gamba1, Maria Angela Boccara de Paula2
1Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Objective:
To classify the level of risk for foot ulcers in people with diabetes mellitus and identify their main predictive risk factors.
Method:
Exploratory, descriptive study, in which patients were assessed in a municipal ambulatory of São Paulo through nursing consultation, following the guidelines of the International Consensus on the Diabetic Foot. Data were descriptively analyzed.
Results:
The analyzed population was composed of 50 longevous and retired people, with household income of up to two minimum wages, with dermato-neurofunctional risk factors and unfavorable clinical indicators, and 66% had Risk 1; 16% Risk 2; 6% Risk 3 and 12% Risk 4. Of this analyzed total, 96% never had their feet examined with the Semmes-Weinstein monofilament.
Conclusion:
The data found indicate the importance of careful feet examination in people with diabetes by the nursing staff to identify future risks of ulcers and, thus, prevent them.
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