Analysis on the status quo of medical coping style of patients with diabetes foot and its related influencing factors
Objective To explore the influencing factors of medical coping style in diabetic foot pa-tients.Methods A total of 77 patients with diabetic foot admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Jiujiang Uni-versity from June 2022 to October 2023 were selected as the study objects.The medical coping questionnaire was used to assess their medical coping styles,and they were divided into the negative group(35 cases)and positive group(42 cases)based on the assessment of the results.The baseline data of the two groups were an-alyzed in detail and compared,focusing on the factors affecting the medical coping style of diabetic foot pa-tients.Results Among 77 patients,35 cases(45.45%)adopted negative coping styles.There were statistical-ly significant differences in age,social support,Wagner grading of diabetic foot and monthly per capita family income between the two groups(P<0.05).There were no significant differences in body mass index,gender,diabetes course,education level,other chronic diseases comorbidities,marital status and living alone between the two groups(P>0.05).Low social support,older age,low monthly per capita family income and high Wagner rating of diabetic foot were all factors influencing the medical coping styles of patients with diabetic foot(OR>1,P<0.05).Conclusion Patients with diabetic foot have high risk of negative medical coping,which may be related to low social support,old age,low monthly per capita family income and high Wagner rating of diabetic foot.