Natural History of Pedal Puncture Wounds in Diabetics

The Natural History of Pedal Puncture Wounds in Diabetics: a Cross-sectional Survey in the Parish of St. James, Jamaica.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01151891

Enrollment

188

Registered

2010-06-29

Start date

2010-06-30

Completion date

2010-12-31

Last updated

2011-01-12

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Conditions

Diabetes

Keywords

Pedal puncture wounds, Infection in pedal puncture wounds, Diabetes education and pedal puncture wounds

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

15 Years to No maximum

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pedal puncture wounds	September, 2010

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Infection in pedal puncture wounds	September, 2010

Countries

Jamaica

Outcome results