Saudi Journal of Biomedical Research (SJBR)
Volume-4 | Issue-05 | 248-253
Original Research Article
Diabetic Foot and Its Clinical Characteristics among Uncontrolled Diabetic Patients in Ad-Dawadmi General Hospital, Riyadh Province, KSA
Khalid Saad AlSidr, Majed Ali Khaled Alotaibi, Sami Khaled Alotaibi, Faisal Abdullah Alhammadi, Menwer Abdullah Menwer Alotaibi, Mohammad Azhar Rashikh
Published : May 30, 2019
Abstract
Diabetic foot and their complications are considered to be a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetes. The aim
of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics in diabetic foot patients along with glycosylated hemoglobin
levels and diabetes duration. We performed a retrospective study from June 2016 to March 2017 on a sample composed
of 26 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic foot. Age of patients, duration of diabetes, HbA1c- level and
diabetic foot complications data were collected from patient’s medical reports and hospital records. Most of the diabetic
foot patients (DFPs) were affected with more than one comorbid complications such as hypertension (76.35%),
peripheral neuropathy (57.7%), hyperlipidemia (43.9%), peripheral vascular disease (23.1%), coronary artery disease
(19.2%), diabetic nephropathy (19.2%) and diabetic retinopathy (15.4%). It was also seen that all the DFPs had
uncontrolled glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels (>7.5%) and 73.1% had diabetes >10 years old. Prevalence of
hypertension, diabetic peripheral neuropathy and hyperlipidemia were found in higher percentage as compare to other
complications in DFPs.