scholarly journals SP5-14 A study to determine the knowledge and practice of foot care in patients with chronic diabetic ulcers

2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A449-A449 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. V. M. Jinadasa ◽  
M. Jeewantha
Keyword(s):  
Foot Care ◽  
Diabetic Ulcers ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

scholarly journals A Study To Assess The Knowledge And Practice of Foot Care Among Diabetic Clients Attending Diabetic OPD

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 3922-3926
Author(s):  
Diabetic clients ◽  
Thamupriyadharshini
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Foot Care ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Diabetic foot is one of the most common and distressing complication of diabetes resulting to major physical limitation, psychological and fiscal significances for the patient and their families. Great information and skill on regards to diabetic foot care will lessen the danger of diabetic foot difficulties and that will diminish the odds of removal of the limb. A descriptive study was adopted for assessing the level of knowledge and practice of Foot care among diabetic clients. A total of100 diabetic clients were selected using purposive sampling technique. Data were gathered utilizing self-structured questionnaire by a structured interview method. The outcomes portray that majority of the diabetic clients, 61% had inadequate knowledge, 28% had moderate knowledge and only 11% of the diabetic clients had average knowledge. The examination also uncovers that 23% of the diabetic clients had good practice and 77% had poor practice. The mean knowledge and practice score were 5.82 ± 2.53& 6.97±1.18 respectively. There is the strong connection (r= 0.698, p=0.0001) between Knowledge and Practice. There is statistically significant association of demographic variables noted with the knowledge and practice of foot care between age, Gender, Educational Status, Occupation, Duration of Diabetes, Current Diabetes Treatment, Presence of Co morbid (P values<0.001).

scholarly journals Knowledge and practice of foot care in Iranian people with type 2 diabetes

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ebrahim Khamseh ◽  
Nasibeh Vatankhah ◽  
Hamid Reza Baradaran
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Foot Care ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care in Sudan: A cross sectional survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2431-2435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safa Abdullah Ahmed ◽  
Safaa Badi ◽  
Hanan Tahir ◽  
Mohamed H. Ahmed ◽  
Ahmed Omer Almobarak
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Foot Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

scholarly journals Foot care knowledge and practices among Japanese nurses and care workers in home care and adult service center: a cross- sectional study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kashiko Fujii ◽  
Takuyuki Komoda ◽  
Atsuko Maekawa ◽  
Mariko Nishikawa
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Service Center ◽  
Foot Care ◽  
Working At Home ◽  
Foot Health ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
At Home

Abstract Background: Foot care knowledge and practices among nurses and care workers in the community greatly impact foot health maintenance and prevention of foot-related problems among older people. This study aimed to explore and examine the current foot care knowledge, practices, and perceptions among nurses and care workers at home care and adult day service center, along with their demographic characteristics and daily care for clients.Methods: This study analyzed 232 randomly selected front-line nurses and care workers working at home care or adult day service center in one of the selected cities, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Data were obtained using questionnaires and subsequently analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, Chi-square tests, Wilcoxon rank-sum tests, and Spearman’s rank correlation tests.Results: Among the 305 surveyed, 232 (62 nurses; 170 care workers) provided data. Although 57 nurses (91.9%) and 142 care workers (83.5%) showed interest in foot care, 33 nurses (53.2%) and 133 care workers (78.2%) stated that foot care education was insufficient. Knowledge and practice scores were associated with working status.Higher accuracy differences in the early detection of foot problems and skin tears on lower limbs in knowledge category were observed between nurses and care workers. The nurses as well as the care workers had low accuracy rates of knowledge questions regarding the use of shoes and socks subscale.For practice, both nurses and care workers had low mean scores for checking client’s shoes (2.0/5.0 and 2.1/5.0, respectively), method for reducing ingrown nail pain (2.6/5.0 and 1.9/5.0, respectively), and opportunity for discussing foot care with others (2.7/5.0 and 2.2/5.0, respectively). A significant correlation between knowledge and practice scores was observed among nurses (0.331, p < 0.05) and care workers (0.339, p < 0.001).Conclusions: Despite the presence of several barriers toward enhanced care delivery to clients needing it most, nurses and care workers clearly understood the importance of foot care. These findings indicate that foot care should be focused by nurses and care workers to improve the knowledge and practice of foot care and to suggest future implications that efficient and understandable tools are needed considering their current working situation.

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