A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES FOR THE PREVENTION OF DIABETIC FOOT IN RURAL TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL

Gopal Teli; B. G. Ponnappa

doi:10.22159/ijpps.2017v9i9.20114

Authors

Gopal Teli Doctor of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sri Adichunchanagiri College of Pharmacy, B.G. Nagara 571448, Karnataka, India
B. G. Ponnappa Department of Surgery, Adichunchanagiri Hospital and Research Center, B.G. Nagara-571448, Karnataka, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ijpps.2017v9i9.20114

Keywords:

Diabetes, Diabetic foot, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and cross-sectional study

Abstract

Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of diabetic patients regarding care of their own feet.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in the inpatient department of surgery at Adichunchanagiri hospital and research centre, B. G. Nagara, Karnataka, India from 1^st Nov. 2016 to 31^st Dec. 2016. The relation between gender and knowledge, attitude and practices of people with diabetes patients were compared by using the Chi-square test at 95% confidence interval at p<0.05.

Results: Out of 51 patients, 72.54% were male and 27.46% female and 45.1% of the patients were in the age range 61-80 y. The mean SD of the age was 60.49Â±14.02. The mean SD of body weight of the patient was 66.17Â±8.54. The majority of the patients 45.1% were farmers and 41.7% were illiterate. Most of them did not know the practice of correct foot hygiene (39.22%) and what abnormalities observe in their feet (66.67%). We found that 90.2% patients were engaged in foot self-care practice and more than half of them (54.1%) always inspected their footwear before using it. Interestingly, more women were involved in foot care (100%) as compared to men (86.46%) but statistically not significant (p=0.147).

Conclusion: We found that patients were not having sufficient knowledge about the correct hygiene of the foot, what abnormalities to observe in their feet and about ideal footwear. Even though females were showing interest towards self-care examination and foot care practice, it is essential that all the diabetic patients must be educated about the knowledge, attitude and foot self-care practice to prevent diabetic foot related complications.

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