Analysis of the incidence and influencing factors of high-risk foot in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes in a community in Beijing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetic foot is one of the important causes of disability and death in diabetic patients, and effective measures can reduce or prevent the occurrence of diabetic foot, among which, the screening of diabetic high-risk foot helps to identify the risk groups that may progress to diabetic foot, and targeted intervention for this group of people can effectively reduce the prevalence of diabetic foot and the incidence of adverse consequences.

Objective

To investigate the occurrence of high-risk foot with type 2 diabetes in elderly people in a community in Beijing and analyze its influencing factors, so as to provide evidence for preventing the occurrence of diabetic foot.

Methods

269 elderly patients with type 2 diabetes in Xinjiekou community of Beijing were se

SUBMITTER: Li G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11936230 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature