Search for dissertations about: "diabetic foot care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words diabetic foot care.

2. 1. Diabetic foot care in Sweden

   Author : Linda Wennberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a growing global disorder associated with several complications that include micro- and macrovascular disturbances. Conditions affecting the foot make up one of the major complications of the disease. READ MORE

4. 2. Self-care, foot problems and health in Tanzanian diabetic patients and comparisons with matched Swedish diabetic patients

   Author : Bibbi Smide; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; Diabetes mellitus; Self-care; Foot problems; SF-36; Tanzania; Sweden; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Abstract : The overall aim was to study self-care, foot problems and self-perceived health in 150 consecutively invited Tanzanian diabetic patients and to compare them with gender- and age-matched Swedish diabetic patients (n=150) from a middle Sweden area. The main study was cross-sectional and took place at a diabetes clinic in Dar es Salaam. READ MORE

5. 3. Prevention of foot ulcers in patients with diabetes mellitus

   Author : Magdalena Annersten Gershater; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : amputation; complications; diabetes mellitus; diabetic foot ulcers; documentation; education; healing; home care; neuropathy; nursing; nursing process; peripheral vascular disease; pressure ulcer; prevention; RCT;

   Abstract : Amputation in patients with diabetes mellitus preceded by a foot ulcer is a serious complication. Patients with the highest risk of developing a foot ulcer are often found in home nursing settings. READ MORE

6. 4. Foot lesions in diabetic patients aged 15-20 years : a population-based study

   Author : Bengt Borssén; Folke Lithner; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Diabetes mellitus; Foot deformities; Sensory threshold; M. extensor digitorum brevis;

   Abstract : Foot problems are not only the most common but in general also the most severe of the diabetic complications. The age group 15-50 yrs in this study was chosen because these patients were considered to be at their most active age and were felt to require optimal foot function. READ MORE

7. 5. Migration, health and diabetes mellitus - Studies comparing foreign-and Swedish-born diabetic subjects living in Sweden

   Author : Katarina Hjelm; Samhällsmedicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; sekretion; Endokrinologi; secreting systems; diabetology; Endocrinology; samhällsmedicin; Social medicine; Socialmedicin; diabetes mellitus; prevalence; Migrants; glycaemic control; diabetes mellitus complications; social class; health services needs and demand; diabetologi; perceived health; lifestyle; health care professionals; health illness beliefs; care-seeking behaviour; self-care;

   Abstract : To study the influence of migration on health in migrant diabetic subjects, foreign-and Swedish-born persons were compared as regards objective and subjectively perceived health in relation to social position, and beliefs about health and illness and their influence on self-care and care-seeking behaviour. Persons (foreign- and Swedish-born) with known diabetes mellitus (DM), aged 16-74 years, were chosen from two different counties in Southern Sweden (n=143/1384; 113/1564), and from a random sample of the Swedish population, the annual Swedish Survey of Living Conditions (n=31/446). READ MORE