Ricardo Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo1, Daniel López López2, Patricia Palomo López3,4, Alfredo Soriano Medrano5, Ángel Morales Ponce5, Marta Elena Losa Iglesias6. 1. Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 2. Research, Health and Podiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain. 3. University Center of Plasencia, Universidad de Extremadura, Plasencia, Spain. 4. Orthopedic Surgical Center of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 5. Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922, Alcorcón, Spain. 6. Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922, Alcorcón, Spain. marta.losa@urjc.es.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients of all ages can develop nail disorders, such as onychocryptosis, which are recurrent and painful conditions. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to compare the quality of life in a group of aged patients with recurrent and painful ingrown toenails before and after chemical nail surgery to treat onychocryptosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study design utilized a presurgery and a postsurgery questionnaire and examined prospective serial cases. The participants were drawn from an outpatient podiatric clinic from 1 January 2015 to 29 August 2016. The final sample of patients (>65 years old) underwent nail surgery with chemical matricectomy using phenol. In addition to the chemical nail surgical procedure, the patients completed the Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOXFQ) and the Borg CR-10 scale category ratio (CR) within 4 weeks prior to surgery. The patients completed both questionnaires again through mailing 3 months postsurgery. RESULTS: Lower MOXFQ scores were noted after surgery, demonstrating an improvement in quality of life after chemical nail surgery. Men and women exhibited similar results (p > 0.05), with the exception of the Borg CR-10 scale where women reported more residual pain compared with men, with scores of 1.26 ± 1.65 and 0.09 ± 0.20, respectively (p = 0.011). CONCLUSION: After a chemical nail surgery procedure, the quality of life improved in aged patients with recurrent and painful ingrown toenails.
BACKGROUND:Patients of all ages can develop nail disorders, such as onychocryptosis, which are recurrent and painful conditions. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to compare the quality of life in a group of aged patients with recurrent and painful ingrown toenails before and after chemical nail surgery to treat onychocryptosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study design utilized a presurgery and a postsurgery questionnaire and examined prospective serial cases. The participants were drawn from an outpatient podiatric clinic from 1 January 2015 to 29 August 2016. The final sample of patients (>65 years old) underwent nail surgery with chemical matricectomy using phenol. In addition to the chemical nail surgical procedure, the patients completed the Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOXFQ) and the Borg CR-10 scale category ratio (CR) within 4 weeks prior to surgery. The patients completed both questionnaires again through mailing 3 months postsurgery. RESULTS: Lower MOXFQ scores were noted after surgery, demonstrating an improvement in quality of life after chemical nail surgery. Men and women exhibited similar results (p > 0.05), with the exception of the Borg CR-10 scale where women reported more residual pain compared with men, with scores of 1.26 ± 1.65 and 0.09 ± 0.20, respectively (p = 0.011). CONCLUSION: After a chemical nail surgery procedure, the quality of life improved in aged patients with recurrent and painful ingrown toenails.
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Keywords:
Nail diseases; Pain; Podiatry; Questionnaire; Surgical procedures
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