Evaluation of feet in people with diabetes mellitus in the hospital: Evaluation of feet in people with diabetes mellitus in the hospital

• Autor(a) principal: Brehmer, Laura Cavalcanti de Farias
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Rosa, Luciana Martins da, Locks, Melissa Orlandi Honório, Canever, Bruna Pedroso, Manfrini, Gisele Cristina, Caurio, Emanuele Pozzebon
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Enfermagem Atual In Derme
• Texto Completo: https://revistaenfermagematual.com/index.php/revista/article/view/670
• topic: Diabetes mellitus. Complicações do Diabetes. Pé diabético. Enfermagem. Cuidado de Enfermagem.; Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Complications. Diabetic Foot. Nursing. Nursing Care.

Objective: To analyze the characteristics of the feet in people with diabetes mellitus. Method: Observational descriptive study carried out in a School Hospital. Were participants 38 people hospitalized diagnosed with diabetes. Data collection took place between August and December 2017, during a nursing consultation at the bedside, through a semi-structured questionnaire. The collected data were submitted to simple descriptive statistics and were presented in descriptive form and in tables. This article presents the collected variables related to the evaluation of the feet. Results: 50% of participants of each sex; 89.47% with type 2 diabetes and with an average age of 60.29 years; 52.62% with low education (without education and with incomplete elementary); 71% were unaware of the diabetic foot theme; 68.42% had never performed a professional foot evaluation. In the risk classification, 26.31% of the participants had a risk of 1-3 for diabetic foot. Conclusion: The results of this study show that most patients, despite having been diagnosed with the disease for a long time, are still unaware of essential foot care, perform inadequate practices and rarely receive specific guidance to prevent and avoid foot injuries.