Prevalence of risk factors for foot ulceration in a general haemodialysis population

Jones, Nia J., Chess, James Anthony, Cawley, Scott, Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 and Riley, Stephen George 2013. Prevalence of risk factors for foot ulceration in a general haemodialysis population. International Wound Journal 10 (6) , pp. 683-688. 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.01044.x

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Abstract

It is well documented that diabetic foot ulceration contributes to increased morbidity and mortality associated with renal replacement therapy. Much less is known about the risk of foot ulceration and lower limb amputation in the non diabetic dialysis population. The aim of this study was to determine if the prevalence of risks factors for lower limb amputation in a stable haemodialysis population was greater in the diabetic cohort compared with the non diabetic cohort. The study design is a prospective observational cohort study. Sixty patients attending a satellite haemodialysis unit in Cardiff were invited to have a comprehensive foot assessment as part of a Podiatry service review. The medical notes and hospital information system were used to identify the diabetic cohort. Patients were classified according to diabetic status (diabetic versus non diabetic). The Renal Foot Screening Tool was developed to prospectively identify risk factors associated with foot ulceration. The assessment included peripheral neuropathy (PN), peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and foot pathology (FP). Fifty-seven patients gave informed verbal consent prior to inclusion. Risk factors for foot ulceration were recorded at baseline in the diabetic (n = 24) and non diabetic (n = 33) groups and mortality data was revisited after a 3-year period. FP was identified in 79% of patients. Eighteen per cent of the non diabetic patients had PN. PAD was identified in 45% of diabetic and 30% of non diabetic patients. Forty-nine per cent of the total cohort had ≥2 of the 3 independent risk factors for foot ulceration (16/24 diabetic versus 12/33 non diabetic). The presence of PAD and PN was predictive of mortality independent age. The limitations of this study are its small sample size and patients were from a single satellite dialysis unit. There was a high prevalence of risk factors for foot ulceration in this population, which were not confined to the diabetic cohort. These findings suggest that non diabetic patients on haemodialysis therapy are also at risk of developing foot ulceration. Further work on strategies to monitor and prevent FP in this high-risk cohort is needed to minimize morbidity and mortality associated with foot ulceration.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	diabetes mellitus, haemodialysis, foot ulceration, lower limb amputation
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	1742-4801
Last Modified:	06 May 2023 01:09
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/42314

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