Amal. Surrati
Taibah university, Saudi Arabia
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Diabetes Metab
This study was planned to assess level of awareness of the risk factors of diabetic foot and to identify parameters influencing their knowledge and practice of foot care among those attending diabetic center in Al- Madinah, KSA.A cross-sectional study was conducted at diabetic center in al-Madinah during January-June, 2012. The total sample size was 226.A validated questionnaire of self-foot care was used to assess patients �??behaviors towards their foot care. The knowledge and practice was considered as �??good�?� if score was more than 70% and as �??poor�?� for less than 50%.Data obtained were analyzed using SPSS statistical software version 21&result was compared between male and female patients and for their duration of diabetes.The mean age was found to be 49.9 years among these diabeti. patients. About 84.5% were non smoker, 40% of participants were illiterate while 13.3% ha. university level education. The mean duration of DM was 10.5 years;89% of them were diagnosed as type2DM. In this study, overall knowledge of self foot care was good that ranges between 60%-90% for all questions except that of inspecting feet and inside of foot wear. On contrary, practices regarding washing regularly, trimming nails and foot size were good with more than 80% but practices were poor regarding inspecting feet regularly and use of elasticated hosiery. The overall percentage of risk factor for developing foot ulcer appeared to be high, as 60.2% of them had symptoms of neuropathy, 46% of retinopathy and 0.9% of vasculopathy. It was found that male patients had better knowledge of foot care as compared to their female counterpart with significant respective. value of 0.028 and 0.000 for washing feet with warm water and inspecting inside their shoes before wearing it. Regarding practices of foot care, male patients showed significantly better practices (<.05) for trimming their toe nail, wearing elasticated hosiery and adding irritant to water before feet cleaning. This study revealed that the patients were at high risk of developing foot ulcers. Most of the patients had good knowledge but only half of them had good practices towards self-foot care. It was evident that male patients showed significantly better practices as compared to females.
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