Developed by:
Johnson & Johnson (USA)

Objective:
To measure the impact of diabetic foot ulcers and their treatment on Quality of Life from the patient's perspective

Copyright:
Johnson & Johnson, USA. All rights reserved.

Reference publications:
DFS: Abetz L, Sutton M, Brady L et al. The Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale (DFS): a quality of life instrument for use in clinical trials. Practical Diabetes International 2002;19(6):167-175

DFS-SF: Bann CM, Fehnel SE, Gagnon DD. Developement and validation of the Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale-short form. Pharmacoeconomics. 2003;21(17):1277-1290


Conditions of use:

1. User Agreement:

User is required to complete and sign a User Agreement in which specific conditions required by the copyright owner are detailed.

2. Distribution fees are requested according to the study design and context of use of the questionnaire:

- In not-funded academic research (1) and individual clinical practice: free of charge
 
- In funded academic research (2): 300 €* per study and per questionnaire + 50 €* per language-version

- In commercial studies (3) involving "for-profit" organizations: 600 €* per study and per questionnaire + 250 €* per language version

* excluding VAT

(1) Not funded academic research: if the project is not explicitly funded, but funding comes from overall departmental funds or from the University or individual funds then fees are waived.

(2) Funded academic research: projects receiving funding from commerce, government, EU should anticipate paying the corresponding fees.

(3) Commercial studies (industry, CRO, any for-profit companies


Review copies:

DFS: Original UK English version available for review purpose only. Please click here to access.
DFS-SF: Original UK English version available for review purpose only. Please click here to access


Contact information:

MAPI Research Trust

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Please have the User Agreement completed, dated and signed and return one original copy to MAPI Research Trust by post. As soon as we receive it, we will process your request.

More information on DFS and DFS-SF on PROQOLID

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