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Impact of Plantar Fasciitis on Foot-Specific and Generic Health-Related Quality of Life in King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Objectives The objective is to assess the extent of foot-specific and generic health-related quality of life (HRQoL) impairment among individuals diagnosed with plantar fasciitis (PF) at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia, and to determine the influence of various sociodemographic and clinical fac...

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Autores principales: Alshammari, Sulaiman A, Alshwieer, Mohammed A, Dammas, Saad S, Alrasheed, Abdulaziz M, Alasmari, Mohammed A, Alahmari, Mansour M
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Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10423962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37583733
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41912
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author Alshammari, Sulaiman A
Alshwieer, Mohammed A
Dammas, Saad S
Alrasheed, Abdulaziz M
Alasmari, Mohammed A
Alahmari, Mansour M
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Alshwieer, Mohammed A
Dammas, Saad S
Alrasheed, Abdulaziz M
Alasmari, Mohammed A
Alahmari, Mansour M
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description Objectives The objective is to assess the extent of foot-specific and generic health-related quality of life (HRQoL) impairment among individuals diagnosed with plantar fasciitis (PF) at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia, and to determine the influence of various sociodemographic and clinical factors. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we administered an online survey from March to June 2023 to patients with PF at King Khalid University Hospital. This questionnaire covered sociodemographic, and clinical characteristics, and included the translated Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ). Further, patient data were obtained from hospital records between 2016 and 2023 using the E-SIHI system. Results We recruited 209 patients for the study. Lower FHSQ scores were found in unemployed and low-income participants indicating a worse quality of life (QoL) in the Foot Pain domain, while those aged over 40 years and with low income showed greater impairment in the General Foot Health domain. No single factor influenced the Foot Function or Footwear domains. Worse General Health and Physical Activity scores were associated with low-education and low-income participants and those who did not exercise. Women exhibited a lower QoL than men in all domains except for General Health. Conclusion The QoL of Saudi women with PF was similar to that of women in other countries. However, the patients in the present study reported poorer footwear scores but better General Health scores. Therefore, focusing more on proper footwear-related treatments may help improve the QoL of patients with PF.
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spelling pubmed-104239622023-08-15 Impact of Plantar Fasciitis on Foot-Specific and Generic Health-Related Quality of Life in King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia Alshammari, Sulaiman A Alshwieer, Mohammed A Dammas, Saad S Alrasheed, Abdulaziz M Alasmari, Mohammed A Alahmari, Mansour M Cureus Family/General Practice Objectives The objective is to assess the extent of foot-specific and generic health-related quality of life (HRQoL) impairment among individuals diagnosed with plantar fasciitis (PF) at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia, and to determine the influence of various sociodemographic and clinical factors. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we administered an online survey from March to June 2023 to patients with PF at King Khalid University Hospital. This questionnaire covered sociodemographic, and clinical characteristics, and included the translated Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ). Further, patient data were obtained from hospital records between 2016 and 2023 using the E-SIHI system. Results We recruited 209 patients for the study. Lower FHSQ scores were found in unemployed and low-income participants indicating a worse quality of life (QoL) in the Foot Pain domain, while those aged over 40 years and with low income showed greater impairment in the General Foot Health domain. No single factor influenced the Foot Function or Footwear domains. Worse General Health and Physical Activity scores were associated with low-education and low-income participants and those who did not exercise. Women exhibited a lower QoL than men in all domains except for General Health. Conclusion The QoL of Saudi women with PF was similar to that of women in other countries. However, the patients in the present study reported poorer footwear scores but better General Health scores. Therefore, focusing more on proper footwear-related treatments may help improve the QoL of patients with PF. Cureus 2023-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10423962/ /pubmed/37583733 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41912 Text en Copyright © 2023, Alshammari et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Alshwieer, Mohammed A
Dammas, Saad S
Alrasheed, Abdulaziz M
Alasmari, Mohammed A
Alahmari, Mansour M
Impact of Plantar Fasciitis on Foot-Specific and Generic Health-Related Quality of Life in King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
title Impact of Plantar Fasciitis on Foot-Specific and Generic Health-Related Quality of Life in King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
title_full Impact of Plantar Fasciitis on Foot-Specific and Generic Health-Related Quality of Life in King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Impact of Plantar Fasciitis on Foot-Specific and Generic Health-Related Quality of Life in King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Plantar Fasciitis on Foot-Specific and Generic Health-Related Quality of Life in King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
title_short Impact of Plantar Fasciitis on Foot-Specific and Generic Health-Related Quality of Life in King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
title_sort impact of plantar fasciitis on foot-specific and generic health-related quality of life in king khalid university hospital, saudi arabia
topic Family/General Practice
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10423962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37583733
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41912
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