A Delphi Study Protocol to Identify Recommendations on Physical Activity and Exercise in Patients with Diabetes and Risk of Foot Ulcerations

Alba Gracia-Sánchez, Adriana López-Pineda, Esther Chicharro-Luna and Vicente F. Gil-Guillén
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Alba Gracia-Sánchez: Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences, Miguel Hernández University, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain
Adriana López-Pineda: Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain
Esther Chicharro-Luna: Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences, Miguel Hernández University, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain
Vicente F. Gil-Guillén: Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 20, 1-10

Abstract: Patients with diabetes mellitus are exposed to important complications, such as diabetic neuropathy or peripheral vascular disease. The evidence on the guidelines that these patients, with a certain risk of suffering foot ulcerations, should follow before, during and after physical exercise is scarce. The objective of this study is to identify the physical exercise guidelines to recommend based on the risk of the foot of the patient with diabetes through a consensus of experts. A three-round Delphi study will be conducted. A scientific committee (multidisciplinary group of four national experts) will review the proposal of experts and the Delphi questionnaire before submitting. A group of experts in the management and approach of the diabetic foot of an international and multidisciplinary nature will form the panel of experts, who must express their degree of (dis)agreement with each of the statements contained in the Delphi questionnaire. The percentage will be calculated in response categories, and a cut-off point of 80% will be set to define the consensus of (dis)agreement of the panelists. The results of the study could provide a series of recommendations on the realization of physical exercise in diabetic patients at risk of suffering foot ulcerations.

Keywords: diabetic foot; diabetic neuropathies; exercise; physical activity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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