Gepubliceerd in:
Open Access
01-12-2015 | Oral Presentation
Social determinants of health and diabetic foot disease
Auteurs:
Adrian Singh, Peter Lazzarini, Lloyd Reed, Gavin Turrell
Gepubliceerd in:
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
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bijlage 2/2015
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Excerpt
Diabetic foot disease (DFD) is the leading cause of hospitalisation and lower extremity amputation (LEA) in people with diabetes. Many studies have established the relationship between DFD and clinical risk factors, such as peripheral neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease. Other studies have identified the relationship between diabetes and non-clinical risk factors termed social determinants of health (SDoH), such as socioeconomic status. However, it appears very few studies have investigated the relationship between DFD and SDoH. This paper aims to review the existing literature investigating the relationship between DFD and the SDoH factors socioeconomic status (SES), race and geographical remoteness (remoteness). …