Falls, fear of falling, and related factors in patients with diabetic foot disease.
Accidental falls
Diabetic foot
Pain
Journal
Applied nursing research : ANR
ISSN: 1532-8201
Titre abrégé: Appl Nurs Res
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8901557
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2023
10 2023
Historique:
received:
12
09
2022
revised:
15
07
2023
accepted:
17
07
2023
medline:
20
9
2023
pubmed:
19
9
2023
entrez:
18
9
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Falls and fear of falling (FOF) are common in patients with diabetic foot disease (DFD). To understand the relationship between falls, FOF, and related factors in patients with DFD. We recruited 70 patients being treated for DFD at two hospitals in Korea. A structured questionnaire was used in investigating fall experience, FOF, and related factors. Among the participants, 42.8 % fell in the past year, and FOF was reported in 57.1 %. Rates of "no caregiver," "DFD duration (>1 year)," and "burning pain" were higher in fallers than non-fallers. The rates of "older adults (≥65 years of age)," "unemployed," "not using assistive devices," "visual impairment," and "hearing impairment" were higher in patients with FOF than in those without FOF. However, the level of balance confidence was lower in patients with FOF. The fall experience of patients with DFD was associated with the presence of their caregiver, disease-related factors, and foot pain symptoms, while FOF was related to age and fall-related factors.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Falls and fear of falling (FOF) are common in patients with diabetic foot disease (DFD).
PURPOSE
To understand the relationship between falls, FOF, and related factors in patients with DFD.
METHOD
We recruited 70 patients being treated for DFD at two hospitals in Korea. A structured questionnaire was used in investigating fall experience, FOF, and related factors.
RESULTS
Among the participants, 42.8 % fell in the past year, and FOF was reported in 57.1 %. Rates of "no caregiver," "DFD duration (>1 year)," and "burning pain" were higher in fallers than non-fallers. The rates of "older adults (≥65 years of age)," "unemployed," "not using assistive devices," "visual impairment," and "hearing impairment" were higher in patients with FOF than in those without FOF. However, the level of balance confidence was lower in patients with FOF.
CONCLUSIONS
The fall experience of patients with DFD was associated with the presence of their caregiver, disease-related factors, and foot pain symptoms, while FOF was related to age and fall-related factors.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37722783
pii: S0897-1897(23)00049-6
doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2023.151715
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
151715Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.