Challenges Of Type Diabetic Foot Ulceration And Role Of Health Care Social Work In Makah Al-Mokarramah , Saudi Arabia2022

Abstract

Background 

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent and serious chronic diseases facing the Saudi Arabia health care system. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , diabetes affects high number  of people in the Saudi Arabia , 2 million of who have been diagnosed and  millions of who are unaware that they have this disease. The American Diabetes Association estimates that in 2000 alone medical care for diabetes cost $40.1 billion dollars. Diabetes exacts an equally devastating physical toll; it is the leading cause of blindness, end-stage renal disease, no injury-related lower limb amputations, and cardiac disease, and it is the seventh leading cause of death in this country. Currently, social work involvement with this chronic disease is limited. For instance, as of 1998, social work clinicians made up less than 1 percent of the professionals listed with the Saudi Arabia Association of Diabetes Educators.  Although there are probably many social workers treating and researching diabetes, their involvement seems inconspicuous. Aim of the study: To Assessment its bio psychosocial challenges , and the roles health care socia[1]l workers that may be assumed in assisting adult patients in Makah Al-Mokarramah , Saudi Arabia2022. Method:  A cross-sectional, was conducted in in 3 hospitals, in Makah, within Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinics and/or Vascular Surgery Departments. impact of the Patient perspectives on the physical, psycho-social, and financial impacts of diabetic foot ulceration and amputation, also a self-administered questionnaire was designed and has been send to the study participants, was performed between June 2022 and March 2022. Our total participants were (200).  Results: shows most of the participants were (31.0%) in the age group 40-50 years, gender the majority of them were male (52.0%) level of education the majority of participant are University degree were (47.0%), the Number of children the majority of participant more than five were (32.0%)  the nationality  most of participants Saudi were(65.0%) Conclusion: To assist people with diabetes, social workers first need to understand the disease, how it challenges patients, and then ways to become involved the basic aspects of Type 2 diabetes, its incessant challenges, and several interventions health care social workers may use to assist adults with this chronic disease.