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［Background］Treatment for chronic limb-threatening ischemia is often difficult. The treatment outcome is affected by the nutritional status of patients during hospital admission; however, no index has been established to evaluate this correlation. Therefore, we aimed to examine treatment outcomes by comparing the differences in the nutritional status of patients during hospital admission.
［Methods］This study was conducted in Kasukabe Chuo General Hospital between April and December 2020 and included 77 patients (53 males and 24 females, with an average age of 69.8 years) . The Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA-SF) and Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria were used to diagnose the nutritional status of all enrolled patients during hospital admission. Chi-square test was used to compare the treatment outcomes between the good nutritional status and poor nutritional status groups. Data were analyzed using EZR software. P -values of <0.05 were considered significant.
［Results］Major amputations were found to be significantly higher in the poor nutritional status group than those in the good nutritional status group (p = 0.026) .
［Conclusion］Poor nutritional status at the time of hospital admission was associated with major amputation. The GLIM criteria may be useful in predicting the prognosis of chronic limb-threatening ischemia.

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 This study aimed to identify foot care-related courses and teaching content in nursing college syllabi. Data on the subjects and course content with the keywords “diabetes”, “foot care”, and “foot lesions” as well as data on the teachers in charge of these courses were collected from 161 member schools of the Japan Association of Colleges of Nursing Science and Technology. Components of the teaching content were extracted. We found that the keywords were listed in the syllabi of 10.6% of the universities. The five categories of teaching content components were［risk of foot lesions associated with diabetes］,［foot care nursing skills］,［patient understanding］,［nursing care plan］, and［foot care to support recuperation］.
 Nearly half of the universities offering lectures and exercises on foot care for patients with diabetes had certified or specialized nurses with foot care-related qualifications. Therefore, we propose that improving foot-care education for patients with diabetes using basic nursing education requires strengthening collaborations with clinical practice through the use of certified and specialized nurses.

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