ABSTRACT:
Introduction: Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) is a common and a major complication of Diabetes Mellitus where the foot lesions have significant effect on socioeconomic status and health related quality of life. It contributes largely to morbidity and mortality of patients and has involves long-term hospitalization and also have a risk of Amputation. Objective: To draw a plausible relationship between body weight, malnutrition and lifestyle modification on health related quality of life in diabetic foot ulcer patients. Methods: A total of 90 patients were recruited in this study, were 51 male and 39 females diagnosed with Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU). WHO-BREF questionnaire was provided to the patients to e filled after obtaining the informed consent form and serum albumin analysis was done to assess the Nutritional Risk Index (NRI). The relationship between the variables was done using the spearmen correlation test and the social habits of smoking and alcohol impact on WHO-BREF score was done using T- test. Results: Study shows a significant relationship was found between the body weight and Health related quality of life assessment(P<0.0001), nutrition and quality of life assessment(P<0.002) and lifestyle habits with Quality of life scores(P<0.0001). Conclusion: In our study it is found that being overweight and obese was associated with the reductions in HRQoL, was statistically significant as measured using WHO-BREF questionnaire. And also from the data it was cofound that as grading of foot ulcer gets increased has an impact on HRQoL and it was found to be statistically significant.