| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Photographs of ulcers were sketched, verbalized and conceptualized to clarify the healing process of diabetic foot ulcers. As a result, the following categories were extracted: "depth," "wound edge," "type of the necrotic tissue," "extent of necrotic tissue," and "inflammation/infection." Ulcers were found to become shallower in "depth," reduce the "extent of necrotic tissue" and maceration at the "wound edge," and heal. An assessment scale using these categories was prepared.
Thermographic findings were reviewed to develop a screening method for osteomyelitis difficult to grossly identify. The results showed that the rate of being complicated by osteomyelitis was significantly higher when skin temperatures, including those of the ankles, were increased. For evaluation of diabetic foot ulcers, it was suggested to screen osteomyelitis by thermography and score osteomyelitis of "infection/inflammation" on the assessment scale.
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