Influence of Pain on the Quality of Life and Disease Acceptance in Patients with Complicated Diabetic Foot Syndrome.

Sylwia Anna Krzemińska Anna Maria Kostka

Published in: Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy (2021)

Pain and its severity are associated with QoL in the patients with complicated diabetic foot syndrome following lower limb amputation. Disease acceptance was lower in patients experiencing more severe pain at all stages of the study. There is an association of pain with the occurrence of anxiety and depression in amputees, especially 6 months after surgery.

Keyphrases

lower limb
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain

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ejection fraction
case report
chronic kidney disease

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risk assessment
peritoneal dialysis

prognostic factors
patient reported
peripheral artery disease