Open Access<p>Incidence of Diabetic Foot Ulcer and Its Predictors Among Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Retrospective Follow-Up Study</p>
Author(s) -
Ali Mekonen Adem,
Asrat Atsedeweyn Andargie,
Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale,
Haileab Fekadu Wolde
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s280152
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , hazard ratio , cumulative incidence , diabetes mellitus , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , diabetic foot ulcer , population , diabetic foot , proportional hazards model , surgery , cohort , environmental health , physics , optics , endocrinology
The incidence of a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is increasing over the previous decade with an increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM). Despite the increasing incidence of DFU, there is limited information about the problem in Ethiopia. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the incidence of DFU and its predictors among newly diagnosed DM patients who were on follow-up at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital.