How patients interpret early signs of foot problems and reasons for delays in care: Findings from interviews with patients who have undergone toe amputations.

How patients interpret early signs of foot problems and reasons for delays in care: Findings from interviews with patients who have undergone toe amputations.

<h4>Aims</h4>To describe how patients respond to early signs of foot problems and the factors that result in delays in care.<h4>Methods</h4>Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a large sample of Veterans from across the United States with diabetes mellitus who had u...

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Main Authors: Alyson J Littman, Jessica Young, Megan Moldestad, Chin-Lin Tseng, Joseph R Czerniecki, Gregory J Landry, Jeffrey Robbins, Edward J Boyko, Michael P Dillon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248310

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