Quality of life of individuals with diabetic wounds in Southern Santa Catarina

• Autor(a) principal: Belmiro, Aneas Mendes
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Schäfer, Antônio Augusto, Quadra, Micaela Rabelo, Meller, Fernanda Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3298
• topic: Qualidade de vida; Diabetes mellitus; Complicações do diabetes; Ferimentos e lesões; Fatores epidemiológicos; Saúde Coletiva; Diabetes mellitus; Lesão; Calidad de vida; Diabetes mellitus; Complicaciones de la diabetes; Heridas y lesiones; Factores epidemiológicos; Quality of life; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes complications; Wounds and injuries

Diabetes mellitus can negatively affect quality of life, a picture further aggravated by the presence of micro and macrovascular complications resulting from the pathology, such as diabetic wounds. Hence, this descriptive study evaluates the quality of life and epidemiological characteristics of all diabetics (n = 54) who presented diabetic ulcers and were treated in the wound outpatient clinic in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Quality of life was assessed in four domains (physical, psychological, environmental, and social relationships) using the WHOQOL-bref questionnaire. The sociodemographic and health variables related to diabetic injuries were also studied. Descriptive analyses were presented using Stata version 12.1. Trauma and diabetic neuropathy (40.7%) were the leading causes, with most injuries located on toes (31.5%). Almost half of the participants reported the cause of injury as ‘unknown’ (47.9%). The quality of life domains had low scores (physical: 59.5; psychological: 56.0; social relationships: 56.0; environment: 69.0), with the psychological and social relationships presenting the lowest averages. In conclusion, diabetic wounds can affect the health and quality of life of these individuals, which suggests a need for greater care by health professionals to improve these health-related aspects.