Open AccessSeek, and ye shall find: Efficacy of proactive screeningfor diabetic foot ulceration in the community autonomously performed by nurses
Author(s) -
Letizia Pieruzzi,
Elisabetta Iacopi,
Maria Grazia Buccarello,
Ludovica Tamburini,
Chiara Goretti,
Graziano Di Cianni,
Alberto Piaggesi
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.35279/jewma202011.06
Subject(s) - diabetic foot , medicine , diabetes mellitus , foot (prosody) , foot care , complication , diabetic foot ulcer , intensive care medicine , mortality rate , physical therapy , surgery , philosophy , linguistics , endocrinology
Diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) is a severe complication of diabetes mellitus associated with a high morbidity and mortality rate, whose treatment requires considerable financial costs.This paper describes a test of the efficacy of proactive screening – autonomously managed by nurses in a community setting – in detecting patients at high risk of DFU, as an integrated part of a chronic care model strategy.