Table 3 Study results by intervention type, prevention or management goals, and foot or lower limb health outcomes
Intervention | Prevention or management | Foot and lower limb health outcome | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevention (n = 16) | Management (n = 43) | Prevention and management (n = 153) | PAD (n = 137) | Foot ulcer (n = 54) | Amputation (n = 171) | Infection (n = 7) | Foot and lower limb health related hospital admission (n = 26) | |||||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Surgery (n = 159) | 1 | 6% | 30 | 70% | 128 | 84% | 110 | 80% | 36 | 67% | 138 | 81% | 4 | 67% | 16 | 64% |
Medication (n = 9) | 5 | 31% | 3 | 7% | 1 | 1% | 7 | 5% | 1 | 2% | 7 | 4% | 1 | 17% | 2 | 8% |
Care from health professionals (n = 13) | 2 | 13% | 0 | 0% | 11 | 7% | 5 | 4% | 5 | 9% | 8 | 5% | 1 | 17% | 3 | 12% |
Screening by health professionals (n = 10) | 4 | 25% | 1 | 2% | 5 | 3% | 5 | 4% | 5 | 9% | 6 | 4% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Rehabilitation (n = 5) | 0 | 0% | 4 | 9% | 1 | 1% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 5 | 3% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 12% |
Exercise (n = 0) | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Offloading (n = 0) | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Education (n = 0) | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Other (n = 16) | 4 | 25% | 5 | 12% | 6 | 4% | 10 | 7% | 7 | 13% | 6 | 4% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 4% |