The Effects of Nutrition Supplementation and Education on the Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU)
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The overall aim of this study was to assess the effects of nutritional supplementation and education on the healing of foot ulcers in diabetic patients. The hypothesis was that improving dietary intake can promote wound healing by improving nutritional status, blood flow, and decreasing inflammatory biomarkers while increasing anti-inflammatory factors.
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male or non-pregnant, non-lactating female ages 50 ± 20 years, diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, undergoing pharmacological treatment for glycemic control, with at least one foot with one ulcer of grade 1A based on University of Texas classification -
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Subjects were excluded from the study if they had HbA1c concentrations > 12%, bioengineered tissue use within four weeks prior to initial screening, a history of radiation treatment to the ulcer site, known immunosuppression, active malignancy, chronic kidney disease, liver failure/cirrhosis, heart failure and/or myocardial infarction in the past three months, use of warfarin, alcohol abuse, or any mental or physiological condition that may interfere with nutrition education and nutritional supplement intake.-
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29 participants in 2 patient groups
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