Abstrak:
Diabetes is one of the complex chronic diseases and the cause of major lower extremity problems and foot ulcers, which have a major long-term impact on mortality and morbidity of patients reduce quality of life. Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are complication and chronic complex wound and hard to heal category. DFUs an Infection, ulceration or destruction of tissues of the foot associated with neuropathy and/or peripheral artery disease of a person with (a history of) diabetes mellitus. Yearly incidence is estimated to be around 2% recurrence rates of 40% in the first year after healing and 65% in the first 3 years. Diabetes caused 6.7 million deaths in 2021 (IDF, 2021), now associated with an $825 billion in direct costs of care worldwide. DFUs is a serious threat that must be evaluated and treated immediately, the severity and prevention of DFUs are considered to interfere with activities, interventions that can be done for early detection through 3 minute Examination DFUs, the aim is to prevent early complications from DFUs so that can be avoided or delayed if treated appropriately at an early stage. Methode: reviewing from konsensus document World Union of Wound Healing Societies the 3-minute foot examination on DFUs : first minute “What to ask” , second minute “what to look for” and third minute “what to teach”. Results: the review taken from the World Union of Wound Healing Societies consensus document certainly facilitates the examination process in cases of DFUs. Involvement in diabetic foot screening can help to reduce the number of times patients present emergency. Conclusion: by performing a 3-minute examination on DFUs, it can facilitate and speed up the screening process so as to improve the quality of life of patients who experience complications from diabetes.
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