Nutritional status and nutritional risk of patients with diabetic foot wounds

Abstract

The type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is highly prevalent in Mexico, significantly affecting public health, complications include neuropathy and foot ulcers, the latter being a main cause of hospitalization and amputation. Studies prove a high prevalence of malnutrition in patients with diabetic foot, for this reason multidisciplinary intervention is pertinent, including nutritional care, which is essential for the prevention and management of complications of T2DM. It was determined the nutritional status and nutritional risk in older adult patients with DM2 who attend healing in a private care facility. The study was prospective, descriptive and cross-sectional study, from January to March 2025, with 14 patients who have diabetic foot and attend wound healing, evaluated with MNA and NSI screenings. In the study, the majority were women with 57%, it was found more frequently in patients with 60 years of age, according to the BMI of the patients only 29% were underweight, which was the same percentage as in normal weight, according to the MNA, more than half of the patients were at risk of malnutrition and according to the NSI screening, 50% of the patients had moderate nutritional risk. The identification of nutritional status and nutritional risk integrates the multidisciplinary approach in the management of patients with diabetic foot, so the importance of implementing the use of screenings in a timely manner.