1. Foot self-care in diabetes mellitus: Evaluation of patient awareness
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Serpil Erol, Yasemin Akkoyunlu, Fatma Yılmaz Karadağ, Meliha Meriç Koç, Seniha Senbayrak, Yasar Kucukardali, Ayten Kadanali, Oznur Ak, Duru Mıstanoğlu Özatağ, Arzu Altunçekiç Yildirim, Senol Comoglu, Nese Saltoglu, Gule Aydin, Gulsen Yoruk, AKKOYUNLU, YASEMİN, Yılmaz Karadağ, F., Saltoğlu, N., Ak, Ö., Çınar Aydın, G., Şenbayrak, S., Erol, S., Altunçekiç Yıldırım, A., and Yeditepe Üniversitesi
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Disease duration ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Evaluation of patient awareness-, PRIMARY CARE DIABETES, cilt.13, ss.515-520, 2019 [Karadag F. Y. , Saltoglu N., Ak O., Aydin G. C. , Senbayrak S., Erol S., Ozatag D. M. , Kadanali A., Kucukardali Y., Comoglu S., et al., -Foot self-care in diabetes mellitus] ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Diabetes mellitus ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Foot disease ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,Foot self-care ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,business.industry ,Diabetes ,Diabetic foot care ,Awareness ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Diabetic Foot ,Self Care ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Amputation ,Physical therapy ,Self care ,Female ,Family Practice ,business ,Patient awareness ,Foot (unit) ,Foot care - Abstract
Aims: To assess diabetic patients’ knowledge and practices regarding foot care. Methods: This study was conducted as a cross-sectional study in 1030 patients between November 2017 and February 2018.The descriptive survey instrument was developed by the investigators. Survey content and format were based on prior surveys and guidelines. The survey sought socio-demographic characteristics of the patients and the level of knowledge about diabetic foot care practice. Results: 29.5% of patients had bad foot care, 49.6% of patients had moderate foot care and 20.8% of patients had good foot care. There were no significant differences between patient groups in regard to age, gender, foot infection history and having undergone amputation surgery. We found that patients who good at foot care had higher education status (p < 0.001), were more likely live in a city (p < 0.001), had higher income (p < 0.001), had been trained about foot care (p < 0.001) and were more likely to have type I DM (p = 0.015). Disease duration was longer in those who had good foot care compared to the other groups (p = 0.010). Conclusions: The mean knowledge and practice scores of our patients were moderate, indicating that much is to be done for the education of patients on this matter. We also found that knowledge about the importance of this practice, education status and disease duration had significant influence on the practice of foot-care in patients with DM. © 2019 Primary Care Diabetes Europe
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- 2019
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