Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers Based on an Interdisciplinary Team Approach: Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study of Patients' Views on Quality of Care.
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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate patients' perception and quality of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) care delivered by an interdisciplinary team approach (ITA).
Design: Exploratory cross-sectional study.
Subjects and setting: Twenty patients with a healed plantar DFU were recruited from an interdisciplinary Wound Care clinic of a Canadian University affiliated hospital. Their mean age was 64 years (75% were males [n = 15]), 18 (90%) were living with type 2 diabetes, and 45% (n = 9) had osteomyelitis in the previous year of their enrollment in the study.
Methods: The validated short form of the Quality From the Patient's Perspective questionnaire was used to evaluate quality of care dimensions (medical-technical competence of the caregivers; physical-technical conditions of the care organization; degree of identity-orientation in the attitudes and actions of the caregivers; and sociocultural atmosphere of the care organization).
Results: Respondents reported experiencing a high level of quality care with an ITA. All indicators of patient-perceived reality of care delivered were superior or equal related to their subjective importance in all dimensions of quality care (with scores ranging from 3.85 to 4.00 on a 4-Point Likert scale). Patients' satisfaction regarding the ITA was high.
Conclusions: Study findings suggest that an ITA model provided high quality of care for treating DFUs for all quality dimensions judged important for patients.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing (JWOCN), the official journal of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society™ (WOCN®), is the premier publication for wound, ostomy and continence practice and research. The Journal’s mission is to publish current best evidence and original research to guide the delivery of expert health care.
The WOCN Society is a professional nursing society which supports its members by promoting educational, clinical and research opportunities to advance the practice and guide the delivery of expert health care to individuals with wounds, ostomies and continence care needs.