Diabetic Foot Ulcer Teaching Project

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I- Introduction: Diabetes is one of the most discussed and debated chronic disease amongst many conditions in the category, and has been studied extensively. This is undoubtedly related to just how common diabetes is. In fact, in 2013, according to the IDF Diabetes Atlas (2013), 382 million individuals had diabetes, around 6% of the roughly 7 billion world population. Amongst those, about 80% live in low to middle income countries (IDF, 2013). Considering that those countries form the majority of the world and that they encompass a majority of diabetics, we can notice a very wide spread pattern of diabetes in the world. These high numbers are not stagnant, to boot, with 592 million diabetes patients expected in 2035 (IDF, 2013), making for an annual growth of around 2.2% that exceeds that annual growth of the world’s adult population (Shaw et al. 2010). The high and increasing incidence of diabetes all around the globe has earned it qualification as a global epidemic by the World Health Organization in its Diabetes Fact Sheet N°312 (2013). Type II diabetes comprises about 90% of all diabetes cases according to the World Health Organization in its Diabetes Fact Sheet N°312 (2013). On the Lebanese ground, 7.70% of the Lebanese population has diabetes, making for a rank of 80 in the world (IDF, 2013). Considering how small Lebanon is in comparison to other countries, this number is relatively high. The increasing incidence of diabetes (type II specifically) can scientifically be accorded to factors such as the aging of the world’s population since it is most common in the 40 to 59 years old age group (IDF, 2013), a decrease in physical activity (secondary to lifestyle changes that have occurred this century, and especially i... ... middle of paper ... ...utions.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Prevent-Amputations.pdf Shaw, J. E. et al. (2010). Global estimates of the prevalence of diabetes for 2010 and 2030. Retrieved from http://blogimages.bloggen.be/diabetescheck/attach/35622.pdfSingh, S et al. (2013). Diabetic Foot Ulcer – Diagnosis and Management. Retrieved from http://www.esciencecentral.org/journals/diabetic-foot-ulcerdiagnosis-and-management-2329-910X-1-120.pdf Smith, D. (n.d). Advantages & Disadvantages of Different Learning Styles. Retrieved from http://classroom.synonym.com/advantages-disadvantages-different-learning-styles-2873.html World Health Organization (2013), Diabetes Action Online. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/diabetes/action_online/basics/en/index3.html World Health Organization (2013), Diabetes Fact Sheet (312 ed.). Retrieved from http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs312/en/

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