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Observational studyNutrients2023

Pilot Study on the Relationship between Malnutrition and Grip Strength with Prognosis in Diabetic Foot.

Magali González-Colaço Harmand, Alicia Tejera Concepción, Francisco José Farráis Expósito, Jennifer Domínguez González, Yolanda Ramallo-Fariña

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Observational study in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Magali González-Colaço HarmandDepartment of Internal Medicine-Geriatric Medicine, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Alicia Tejera ConcepciónDepartment of Internal Medicine-Geriatric Medicine, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Francisco José Farráis ExpósitoDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Jennifer Domínguez GonzálezMedicine Faculty, Universidad de la Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, Spain.
Yolanda Ramallo-FariñaFundación Canaria Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Canarias (FIISC), 35019 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1541-3989
Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria · ESUniversidad de La Laguna · ESRed de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcopenia and malnutrition have been associated in the elderly population with a poor prognosis in wound healing and with other adverse events, such as institutionalization or functional impairment. However, it is not known how these factors influence the prognosis of diabetic foot in the elderly. To answer this question, a prospective observational study of 45 patients over 65 years of age admitted with diagnoses of diabetic foot in a tertiary hospital has been conducted. All patients were assessed at admission and at 3 months after returning home to determine quality of life, pain, mobility and healing, overall hospital stay in relation to the presence of malnutrition (measured by BMI, CIPA scale and analytical parameters at admission of serum proteins and albumin), and sarcopenia measured by grip force, among other geriatric syndromes. The results found a relationship between altered sarcopenia and more pain and poorer quality of life, and altered BMI was related to a lower cure rate and worse mobility at follow-up. This study seems to indicate that, in the elderly population with diabetic foot, malnutrition and sarcopenia should be managed at the same time as the treatment of the diabetic foot itself.

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Diabetes MellitusDiabetic FootMalnutritionSarcopeniaAgedHand StrengthHumansPainPilot ProjectsPrognosisQuality of Lifediabetic footmalnutritionsarcopenia

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PMID37686742
PMCPMC10490286
OpenAlexW4386135065

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