Authors: Schoen,D. E.;Norman,P. E.

Publication: Diabetes Management

Year: 2014

Volume: 4

Issue: 6

Start Page: 489

ABSTRACT:

This article will examine what is known about the epidemiology of diabetic foot disease in Indigenous people and what strategies have been used to manage the problem. The prevalence of diabetes is several-fold higher in Indigenous people compared with non-Indigenous people. The prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy varies but in general it appears to be more common and start at a younger age in Indigenous compared with non-Indigenous people. Peripheral artery disease is also more prevalent and the incidence of lower extremity amputation is higher. Various strategies have been shown to be effective in the delivery healthcare for diabetic foot disease in Indigenous people. There are, however, social and political barriers to the implementation and success of these interventions.

• Listing ID: 4621
• Author/s: Schoen,D. E.;Norman,P. E.
• Publication: Diabetes Management
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 6
• Start Page: 489
• Article Keywords: cardiovascular disease;cardiovascular risk;chronic kidney disease;cultural factor;diabetic foot;diabetic nephropathy;diabetic neuropathy;diabetic retinopathy;employment;evidence based practice;foot ulcer;geographic distribution;health care delivery;health care personnel;health practitioner;heart death;human;indigenous people;intermittent claudication;joint mobility;leg amputation;leg revascularization;life expectancy;limb deformity;linguistics;non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus;peripheral neuropathy;peripheral occlusive artery disease;politics;practice guideline;prevalence;public health problem;review;total quality management