Validation of the Diabetic Foot Screening Tool in detecting lower-limb-threatening risk factors in end-stage renal disease patients

Abstract

This feasibility study investigated the intraobserver reliability and reproducibility of the validated Diabetic Foot Screening Tool to detect evidence of peripheral neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease in a homogenous sample of end-stage renal disease patients on haemodialysis therapy without a concomitant diagnosis of diabetes. Findings suggest that the Diabetic Foot Screening Tool reliably discriminated between end-stage renal disease patients presenting with and those without evidence of lower-limb-threatening risk factors. Further study is needed to determine whether these findings can be applied in the wider context of the haemodialysis population.