Studies whether personality type affects healing of diabetic foot wounds
Compares personality profiles with healing of foot wounds in adults with diabetes.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Evaluation of the Impact of Psychological Profile on Diabetic Foot Wound Healing.
Key facts
- Where
- Dijon, FranceSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 18 years old?
Source: NCT06630182, who can take part
Where in France
- Chu Dijon BourgogneDijon, FranceTaking people
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- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
- Trial code
- NCT06630182
- Record updated
- 24 July 2026
- Original description
Foot wounds in patients with diabetes are one of the most frequent complications associated with diabetes. Despite the progress made in its management in recent years, the risk of amputation remains high in cases of diabetic foot wounds.Read full original descriptionShow less
Evaluation of the Impact of Psychological Profile on Diabetic Foot Wound Healing. Prospective, Monocentric Study
Foot wounds in patients with diabetes are one of the most frequent complications associated with diabetes. Despite the progress made in its management in recent years, the risk of amputation remains high in cases of diabetic foot wounds.
Several studies have highlighted the value of analyzing the psychological profile A or B, defined by self-questionnaire using Bortner's method. The A personality profile is characterized by hyperactivity, combativeness and exaggerated ambition, while the B profile is characterized by less sensitivity to stress and reduced combativeness.
Type A personality profile is associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality in type 1 diabetes. Type B personality profiles have also been shown to be associated with inflammation in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Our group showed that patients with diabetes and a foot wound were more likely to have a type B psychological profile than patients with diabetes and no foot wound.
However, to our knowledge, it has never been determined whether the psychosomatic profile type A or B assessed by the Bortner self-questionnaire influenced wound healing and the risk of amputation.
The aim of this study is to determine whether type A or B psychosomatic profile influences wound healing in diabetic feet.
This study will be carried out in the endocrinology, diabetology and nutrition department of the Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital. 308 patients will be included in the study.
Inclusion: Person who has given his non-opposition; Person over 18 years of age; Person with type 2 diabetes; Person referred for management of a new diabetic foot wound.
Exclusion: Person subject to a legal protection measure (curatorship, guardianship); Person subject to a legal protection measure; Pregnant women, women in labour or breastfeeding mothers; An adult who is incapable or unable to give consent; Minors; Person unable to complete self-questionnaires.