Abstract:
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic disease which characterized by
hyperglycemia, caused by insulin secretion or insulin activity disorder or both.
Uncontrolled DM could cause many complications, one of them is diabetic ulcer. The
sample was 39 patients using total sampling. In conclusion,characteristics of respondents
by sex diabetic ulcer patients obtained 56.42% were females, age group <60 years
obtained 82%, and duration of suffering DM obtained 48.72% 0-5 years. Distribution of
diabetic ulcers based on fasting blood sugar obtained 93.93% is bad.. Diabetic ulcers
distribution based on the location of 47.91% was obtained at toes, feet and back legs
respectively 16.67%, 10.41% ,other areas and heel respectively 8.33%. Distribution of
diabetic ulcer based on Wagner criteria was obtained 33.3% Grade 4, Grade 3 obtained
25.6%, 23.1% obtained Grade 5, Grade 2 obtained 10.3%, 7.7% obtained Grade 1 and
Grade 6 obtained 0%. Distribution of diabetic ulcer based on length of stay obtained
63.15% were> 7 days, 3-7 days obtained 28.94%, and <3 days gained 7.89%. Distribution
of diabetic ulcer based on therapy obtained 89.7% were non-surgical, and surgical therapy
obtained 10.3%.
