Natural History of Pedal Puncture Wounds in Diabetics

Cornwall Regional Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01151891

JE-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

There are no evidence (research) based guidelines for treatment of early, closed puncture wounds of the feet in diabetics. Surgeons usually see only the limb- and life-threatening consequences of puncture wounds of the feet in diabetics, and are therefore tempted to advocate more aggressive, preemptive, invasive primary treatment for all such wounds, assuming, from this blinkered perspective that all such wounds progress to serious infection. This study is designed to determine the natural history of puncture wounds of the feet in diabetics, specifically, whether all become infected or whether some do heal without any surgical intervention. It requires administration of a questionnaire to 188 known diabetics attending 11 selected outpatient health care centers in the parish of St. James, Jamaica.

Enrollment: 188 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diabetic
• 15 years and older
• Resident in the parish of St. James, Jamaica

Exclusion criteria

• Impairment of conscious level or mental status such that autonomy is compromised

Trial design

188 participants in 1 patient group

Diabetics

Description:

Diabetics in the parish of St. James, Jamaica