%0 Generic %A Lucoveis, Maria do Livramento Saraiva %A Gamba, Mônica Antar %A Paula, Maria Angela Boccara de %A Morita, Ana Beatriz Pinto da Silva %D 2018 %T Degree of risk for foot ulcer due to diabetes: nursing assessment %U https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Degree_of_risk_for_foot_ulcer_due_to_diabetes_nursing_assessment/7419311 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.7419311.v1 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/13734407 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/13734410 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/13734413 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/13734416 %K Diabetes Mellitus %K Diabetic Neuropathies %K Diabetic Foot %K Mass Screening %K Nursing %X

ABSTRACT Objective: To classify the level of risk for foot ulcers in people with diabetes mellitus and identify their main predictive risk factors. Method: Exploratory, descriptive study, in which patients were assessed in a municipal ambulatory of São Paulo through nursing consultation, following the guidelines of the International Consensus on the Diabetic Foot. Data were descriptively analyzed. Results: The analyzed population was composed of 50 longevous and retired people, with household income of up to two minimum wages, with dermato-neurofunctional risk factors and unfavorable clinical indicators, and 66% had Risk 1; 16% Risk 2; 6% Risk 3 and 12% Risk 4. Of this analyzed total, 96% never had their feet examined with the Semmes-Weinstein monofilament. Conclusion: The data found indicate the importance of careful feet examination in people with diabetes by the nursing staff to identify future risks of ulcers and, thus, prevent them.

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