ABSTRACT

Background: Diabetic food is the most common infection in conjunction with state of hyperglycemia. Approximately 15% of diabetic patients will develop complications of diabetic foot and more than 40% of people with diabetic foot problems may have to be amputated, 5-10% of them will die from the infection around the area of amputation. Diabetic foot is a complex issue and is not managed optimally. The most common underlying cause of incident diabetic foot are neuropathy, trauma, deformity, high plantar pressure and peripheral arterial disease. Risk factors for diabetic ulcers occur in people with diabetes comprising: risk factors can not be changed (age 60 years old and suffering diabetes 10 years) and the risk factors can be changed, including habits and lifestyle like neuropathy (sensory , motor, peripheral), obesity, hypertension, glikolisasi hemoglobin (HbA1C) was not controlled, uncontrolled blood glucose levels, vascular insufficiency due to atherosclerosis, smoking, diabetes diet adherence, lack of physical activity, medication irregularly,irregular foot care and use of improper footwear.Objective: To analyze relationship of sex and age range with incidence of diabetic foot.Methods: Observational study with a cross-sectional study design. This study was used patients with type II diabetes mellitus who had undergone inpatient and outpatient Arifin Achmad Hospital in Pekanbaru during 2012 with the total of sample are 91 people. Instruments that used is the medical record. Analyzed used for the gender variable (independent) relationship with the incidence of diabetic foot (dependent) is chi-square. Analyed used for the age range variables (independent) relationship with incident diabetic foot (dependent) is chi-square.Results: There is a relationship between gender and the incidence of diabetic foot, patients type 2 diabetes mellitus with male gender risk of diabetic foot 2.1 x experienced more than women. The biggest risk incidence of diabetic foot is end of the elderly age group that is 3.7x greater risk to be diabetic foot more than the other age groups.Conclusion: the most common gender of patient with diabetes mellitus is female 59 (64.8%), most respondents age range was 36-45 years old 36 people (39.6%), the highest incidence of diabetic foot is a diabetic foot (+) 46 people (50.5%), There is a relationship between gender and incidence of diabetic foot, There was no relationship between age range and incidence of diabetic foot.

Keywords: gender, age range, incidence of diabetic foot.