Foot pain is highly prevalent in the community. Foot pain and ankle pain occurring on most days are reported by 25% and 15% of older adults, respectively. Both foot and ankle pain are more prevalent in women than men but no consistent relationship with age has been identified. Pain within the foot most commonly occurs at the toes or forefoot, followed by the arch or ball, with the heel and hind...

BACKGROUND An increased awareness of patients' and parents' care preferences regarding foot care is desirable from a clinical perspective as such information may be utilised to optimise care delivery. The aim of this study was to examine parents' preferences for, and valuations of foot care and foot-related outcomes in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS A discrete choice experiment ...

Introduction Elderly patients with diabetes are at a high risk of contracting diabetic foot problems. Self-efficacy is essential to help improve foot care behaviour. Aim To identify levels of self-efficacy and foot care behaviour and their relationship with demographic characteristics in elderly patients with diabetes. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in two general hospitals i...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of multidisciplinary foot-care, and to evaluate the methodological considerations of a trial of multidisciplinary care in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. DESIGN Exploratory randomised controlled trial. SUBJECTS/PATIENTS Children/adolescents with juvenile idio-pathic arthritis and inflammatory joint disease affecting the foot/ankle. METHODS Standard ...

introduction: intensive care unit is one of the most stressful wards for patients and it is estimated that 30 to70 percent of patients experience severe physiologic stress during admission. some of the physiologic responses to stress include increase in metabolic rate with consequent increase in body temperature, increase in cardiac output and contraction power and subsequently increase in bloo...

BACKGROUND Foot ulceration is a major health problem for people with diabetes. To minimise the risk of ulceration, patients are advised to perform preventive foot self-care. AIM To explore beliefs about diabetic foot complications and everyday foot self-care practices among people with type 2 diabetes. DESIGN OF STUDY Qualitative study using one-to-one interviews. SETTING A suburban prima...

Background:Diabetic foot affects more than 25% of diabetic patients and finally up to 20% of cases result in amputation. The most important factor resulting in severe complications or even death is lack of self-care. Health locus of control has been introduced as one of health factors and predicting factors of self-care. This research was performed for analyzing the correlation between self-car...