Introduction

Diabetes Mellitus is a public health problem. Diabetic foot is a degeneration of the vascular structure of the feet, whose patients present neurological problems, necessary to identify in the shortest possible time.

Objective

The objective of the study is to analyze the influence of risk factors on the appearance of risk foot, as complementary data to the study by infrared thermography.

Method

A descriptive, cross-sectional and observational study was proposed on a sample of 479 subjects framed in two groups, group cases (people with diabetes) and control group (people without diabetes). The group cases comprised a total of 277 people, with an average age of 63.41 years, [138 men (49.8%) and 139 women (50.2%)]. In the same way for the control group, the number consisted of 202 users, with an average age of 61.92 years, [99 men (49%) and 103 women (51%)]. The taking of images has been carried out with the FLIR E60bx® camera (FLIR® Company, Boston, USA). The statistical analysis of the data obtained was carried out using the IBM SPSS Statistics 22 statistical package.

Conclusion

It can be concluded by stating that the study of the different risk factors is key in the diagnosis of risk foot. It can be clearly established that age is an obvious condition, since advanced ages correspond to a BMI and greater abdominal perimeter. Together, the analysis by infrared thermography in the assessment of the foot risk is useful for the diagnosis and prevention of compromised areas of the foot, thus avoiding the obvious trigger in the damages of a diabetic foot.

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