Factors associated with quality of life of diabetic foot ulceration in patients with type 2 diabetes in Depok West Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Background: The most frequent complication of diabetes mellitus is diabetic foot ulcer. Risk factors that influence the quality of life have diabetic foot ulcer are demographic factors, medical factors and psychological factors. Data for 2015-2020 shows that there were 22,654 diabetic ulcer patients treated in wound care homes. There is at least a preliminary study in several Wound Care Homes in the Depok area which recorded 76 new patients in October-December 2023.

Purpose: To analyze the relationship between the duration of DM, diabetic foot ulcers, and a diagnosis of hypertension with the quality of life of diabetic ulcer patients.

Method: Quantitative research with a cross sectional approach on 30 respondents. The research instrument used a demographic and diabetes quality of life (DQOL) questionnaire. Data were analyzed using univariate and bivariate chi-square tests.

Results: The duration of DM and the patient's quality of life with a p-value of 0.149 (p-value > sig 0.05). The resulting p-value between the duration of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) and quality of life with a p-value of 0.366 (p-value > sig 0.05). The p-value of has diagnosed with hypertension and the quality of life is 0.01 (<sig 0.05).

Conclusion: There is no relationship between the duration of DM and diabetic foot ulcer on quality of life, but there is a relationship between has diagnosed with hypertension and the quality of life of diabetic ulcer patients.

Suggestion: It is hoped that the results of this research can make a meaningful contribution in providing services to patients by paying attention to quality of life.