Background and Objective:
Diabetes is the most common endocrine disease and can lead todysfunction of the kidneys, eyes, heart, arteries and nervous systems.
Diabetes is the the mainreason of diabetic foot ulcers and lower limb amputation which in turn reduces the quality ofpatients life. This study was done to evaluate the risk factors Leading to diabetic foot ulcers.Materials and Methods: This case-control study was performed on ۵۸ diabetic patients withdiabetic foot ulcer (case group) and ۱۱۰ diabetic patients without diabetic foot ulcer (controlgroup), referred to shohada Educational and Medical Center of ghaen during ۲۰۱۹ and ۲۰۲۰.Patients information was collected using a researcher-made checklist. data were analyzedafter entering SPSS software version ۱۶.Findings: The mean age of patients in case group was ۶۰.۲ and in control group was ۴۹ yearsold. In the case group, ۶۸.۹۶% were men, ۳۱.۰۴% were women, and in the control group,۵۵.۴۵% were men and ۴۴.۵۵% were women. The average diabetic duration was ۱۹.۲۷ yearsin case group and ۱۲.۳۴ years in control group. ۷۲.۴۱% in case group and ۷۶.۳۶% in controlgroup used oral drugs and the rest of the subjects in two groups used insulin to control bloodsugar. ۹۴.۸۲% in case group and ۸۲.۷۲% in control group had a history of previoushospitalization due to complications of diabetes. ۳۶.۲% of the subjects in the case group and۳۲.۷۲% in the control group had a history of smoking. ۳۷.۹۳% of the subjects in the casegroup and ۳۷.۲۷% in the control group had a family history of diabetes. There was astatistically significant difference between two groups in terms of age, sex and diabeticduration (P<۰/۰۵) and in other cases this difference was not significant.Conclusion: In men, with increasing in age and diabetic duration, increases the risk ofdiabetic foot ulcers. Therefore, it is necessary for these people to be given more care andtraining in this field.