Mortality rates in people presenting with a new diabetes-related foot ulcer: a cohort study with implications for management.

Diabetes Foot ulcer Mortality

Journal

Diabetologia
ISSN: 1432-0428
Titre abrégé: Diabetologia
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 0006777

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
27 Sep 2024
Historique:
received: 01 02 2024
accepted: 09 05 2024
medline: 27 9 2024
pubmed: 27 9 2024
entrez: 27 9 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

People with diabetes-related foot ulcers (DFUs) have high mortality rates. This analysis assesses the impact of selected risk factors on short-term mortality using a population registered in the National Diabetes Foot Care Audit (NDFA). Mortality rates at 12, 26 and 52 weeks was assessed in people with a new DFU registered by a specialist diabetes footcare service in the NDFA in England and Wales between April 2017 and March 2022. Poisson regression models were created to explore risk factors for mortality. In 71,000 people registered with a new DFU, mortality rates at 12, 26 and 52 weeks was 4.2%, 8.2% and 14.4%, respectively. At 26 weeks, higher mortality rates was associated with older age (rate ratio 2.15; 95% CI 2.03, 2.28, for age ≥80 years vs age 65-79 years), certain ulcer characteristics (area ≥1 cm Short-term mortality rates in people with a DFU is high. Teams managing people with DFUs should consider modifying the burdensome interventions and care required to heal such ulcers so maximising the quality of residual life, rather than focusing exclusively on healing.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39331060
doi: 10.1007/s00125-024-06262-w
pii: 10.1007/s00125-024-06262-w
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Naomi Holman (N)

School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK. n.holman@imperial.ac.uk.
School of Population Health, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. n.holman@imperial.ac.uk.

Arthur C Yelland (AC)

NHS England, Leeds, UK.

Jonathan Valabhji (J)

NHS England, Leeds, UK.
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.

William Jeffcoate (W)

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.

Fran Game (F)

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK.

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