Knowledge and practice of foot care among the patients of diabetic foot: a hospital based cross-sectional study

Sutariya, Pinakin K.; Kharadi, Ashish

doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20163045

“…The present study disclosed that out of 100 patients, male patients (57%) were more in number compared with female patients (43%) and majority of the study participants lies between the age group of 60-69 years (45%), which is similar to the study conducted by Sutariya et al 11 In our study majority of the study population (64%) had a positive family history of DM (Table 2).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…In this study, majority of the patients i.e., 87% had poor practice in contradiction to the observation of Sutariya et al which showed only 51% with poor practice for foot care. 11 The study showed that majority of the patients (92%) had dry skin before counselling and after counselling a very slight improvement was seen (84%). About 63% participants had fissures, 53% had swelling, 27% had callus, 18% had interdigital mycosis and after counselling there was a significant improvement in fissures (18%), swelling (20%), callus (11%), and in interdigital mycosis (5%) (Table 7).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Knowledge, attitude and practice of foot care in diabetes patients with foot at risk attending diabetology department of a tertiary care hospital

Sivan¹,

Prasad²,

Nandan³

et al. 2021

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Background: The current study was undertaken to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of foot care among diabetes patients with foot at risk, to evaluate the impact of counselling in terms of KAP score, VPT (vibration perception threshold) value, foot examination status and other clinical parameter, to assess the severity of peripheral neuropathy in diabetes patients based on VPT value and to assess the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy among men and women.Methods: A prospective cross-sectional and interventional study was conducted in the diabetology department of a tertiary care hospital in South India. A total of 100 diabetes patients with foot at risk were selected for the study. A questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of foot care among diabetes patients with foot at risk. The questionnaire consists of total 24 questions. Their knowledge, attitude and practice were classified as good, satisfactory and poor depending upon the score. For the KAP, if score is ≥70% it was regarded as good, 50-69% as satisfactory and <50% as poor.Results: The study assessed that among 100 patients, 6% of the participants had good knowledge before counselling and after counselling, 46% had satisfactory level of knowledge and 43% had good knowledge. Most of the patients had a good attitude towards foot care before and after counselling. Only 1% of patients were in good practice before counselling and after counselling 62% of the patients had satisfactory practice and 25% had good practice. The study revealed that about 53% had a VPT value of 26-50 V before providing counselling and after counselling about 43% of the participants VPT became 26-50 V. The study also showed that the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy according to VPT value is more in males than females.Conclusions: Poor knowledge and poor practice were observed among the diabetes patients with foot at risk who had attended the diabetology department. Poor knowledge and practice are the major reason for the amputation of limb as the people are unaware of their foot care. Thus, by providing proper education regarding foot care, the foot complications can be improved and there by the amputation rate can be reduced to an extent.

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“…The diabetic foot complication is further complicated by some undesired and wrong practices such as Socio-cultural myths of walking barefoot and religious belief of walking on fire etc. Sometimes, inappropriate use of footwear and lack of awareness regarding proper foot care during diabetes mellitus also make the foot complication severe [1]. It is known that effective and successful diabetic management of diabetic can be achieved through proper diet plan, desired regular physical exercise and use of recommended drugs.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Background: The diabetic foot complication is further complicated by some UN desired and wrong practices of such as Socio-cultural myths of walking barefoot and religious belief of walking on fire etc. Sometimes inappropriate use of footwear and lack of awareness regarding proper foot care during diabetes mellitus also make the foot complication severe [1].Objective: The specific objectives of this research work are: To assess knowledge of Diabetic foot self -care among patients attending Diabetic clinic at LGH Hospital Lahore.Methodology: A structured questionnaire with demographic variables and causes variables was applied. The data was analyzed on SPSS version 21.Result: A high percentages of participants stated that mentioned factors causing medication errors among nurses.

Conclusion:It is concluded that some people do not know good practice for the disease, so it is important for an organization to provide enough knowledge about the disease for better health and good practice.

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Knowledge and Practice of Foot Care among Diabetic Patients at a Public Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore

Akhtar¹,

Ali²,

Bhatti³

2018

Natl. j. health sci.

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Background: The diabetic foot complication is further complicated by some UN desired and wrong practices of such as Socio-cultural myths of walking barefoot and religious belief of walking on fire etc. Sometimes inappropriate use of footwear and lack of awareness regarding proper foot care during diabetes mellitus also make the foot complication severe [1].Objective: The specific objectives of this research work are: To assess knowledge of Diabetic foot self -care among patients attending Diabetic clinic at LGH Hospital Lahore.Methodology: A structured questionnaire with demographic variables and causes variables was applied. The data was analyzed on SPSS version 21.Result: A high percentages of participants stated that mentioned factors causing medication errors among nurses. Conclusion:It is concluded that some people do not know good practice for the disease, so it is important for an organization to provide enough knowledge about the disease for better health and good practice.

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