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Table 5.1 (continued)
Assessment tool Comment
Hospital anxiety A brief assessment of anxiety and depression.
and depression It is a 14 item scale divided into 2 sub-scales
scale (HADS): for anxiety and depression, each item is rated
Zigmond and on a 4 point scale.
Snaith ( 1983 )

Satisfaction with A 5-item scale designed to measure global
life scale (SWLS): cognitive judgments of one’s life satisfaction.
Diener et al. Participants indicate how much they agree
( 1985 ) or disagree with each of the 5 items using
a 7-point scale that ranges from 7 strongly
agree to 1 strongly disagree.
Social support A 27-item questionnaire designed to measure
questionnaire: perceptions of social support and satisfaction
Sarason et al. with that social support. Each item is a
( 1983 ) question that solicits a two-part answer: Part
1 asks participants to list all the people that
fit the description of the question, and Part
2 asks participants to indicate how satisfied
they are, in general, with these people.
Burns specific This questionnaire was designed to assess the
health scale post-injury adjustment by means of health-
(BSHS): Blades related quality of life in adult burn survivors.
et al. ( 1982 ) It includes both physical and psychosocial
domains.

Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU)

Diabetes is a widespread and increasingly prevalent con-
dition across the globe with foot ulcers being a common,
serious and costly complication experiences by sufferers
(Londahl et al. 2011 ). Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs) are often
slow to heal, are associated with increased risk of amputa-
tion and death and are costly to treat, with costs to the UK
health services estimated to be over £220 million per annum
(Majid et al. 2000 ). Such foot ulcerations have a number of
consequences for the individual including reduced mobility