Healthcare professionals with experience in the management of patients with diabetic foot ulcers have been invited to complete a survey which will establish key variables that affect the healing and progression of diabetic foot ulcers.
The Delphi consensus study is led by researchers at University College London and The Royal Free Hospital and forms part of a wider programme of research into improving diabetic foot ulcer care.
Diabetic foot ulcers are a major cause of morbidity and healthcare utilisation. Increasingly, large clinical databases and digital tools are being developed to support research, audit, and predictive modelling in this area. However, there is currently no agreed consensus on which clinical, wound, treatment, and contextual variables are most important to collect.
The Delphi consensus study aims to achieve multidisciplinary expert consensus on the key variables that determine healing, progression or deterioration of a diabetic foot ulcer. This will inform the design of a clinically relevant and equitable dataset for diabetic foot ulcer research and to support future predictive modelling in diabetic foot care.
The study seeks input from clinicians across different disciplines and care settings to ensure the resulting dataset reflects real-world practice.
Participation involves completing up to three short online surveys (approximately 15 minutes each) via the secure REDCap platform. Responses are anonymised, participation is voluntary, and the study is non-commercial.
Contributions from clinicians across hospital and community settings are welcomed to ensure the dataset reflects real-world practice.
