ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the social representations about the experiences of people with diabetic foot. Method: a qualitative study, based on the Theory of Social Representations, carried out with 28 participants, in reference services for the treatment of diabetic foot in São Luís, Maranh...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to assess the usability of an app prototype for diabetic foot self-care by an end user. Methods: a descriptive study that uses heuristic assessment of a hybrid app usability. Fifteen users of an outpatient diabetes care service in a capital of Northeastern Brazil participated in th...
ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the validation of the booklet on self-care with the feet of people with diabetes. Method: methodological study, focusing on the validation of a printed booklet. The content and appearance of the booklet was validated by 23 judges divided into three groups: 11 content and...
OBJECTIVE: To assess work ability and productivity in patients with diabetic foot. METHODS: This investigation was a cross-sectional controlled study. A total of 117 individuals were selected from March to June 2014 and allocated to group A (patients without diabetes, n=43), group B (diabetes patients w...
