Wound healing and healing process in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A survival analysis study
Authors' conclusion
This is the first study showing that beliefs about DFU are significant predictors of DFU healing, and that health literacy is a significant predictor of a favorable healing process. Brief, comprehensive interventions should be implemented, at the treatment initial stage, in order to change misperceptions and to promote DFU literacy and better health outcomes.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with a chronic DFU, evaluated on health literacy, perceived stress, anxiety, depression and illness perceptions71 at 6 months
- Participants
- 153 patients
- Outcome
- DFU healing and favorable healing process (wound area reduction), incl. time to achieve them
Methodological detailssurvival analysis, Cox proportional hazard models, Evaluated at baseline (n = 153), 2 months (n = 108) and 6 months (n = 71)
- Survival analysis
- Cox proportional hazard models
- Evaluated at baseline (n = 153), 2 months (n = 108) and 6 months (n = 71)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
DFU healed
56.1%
Favorable healing process
83.6%
Median time to healing
112 days
Median time to favorable process
30 days
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Wound healing and healing process in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A survival analysis study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 11 March 2023. doi:10.
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