Knowledge, attitude, and practice of diabetic patients regarding foot care: Experience from a single tertiary care outpatient clinic.

Autor: Qasim, Muhammad, Rashid, Muhammad Usama, Islam, Hamza, Amjad, Danyal, Ehsan, Sumera Badar
Zdroj: Foot; Dec2021, Vol. 49, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p
Abstrakt: • Most patients hold a moderate level of knowledge and also perform a moderate level of practice regarding foot care in diabetes. • There is a discrepancy between knowledge and practice of diabetic patients. • Formal education has a positive role in influencing the behavior. • Patients taking regular anti-diabetic medications also adopt better preventive measures of foot care. • Proper behavioral modifications should be ensured along with giving advice to the patients. Foot complications are a common problem among the diabetic population globally. Proper preventive education by health care providers should be provided to the diabetic population. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of diabetic patients regarding foot care. This study was carried out in the medicine outdoor patient department of Allied Hospital, Faisalabad. A total sample of 150 diabetic patients was taken. Sampling was done through a non-probability convenient sampling technique. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. The mean age of the respondents was 52.49 ± 11.87 years. Most of the patients had moderate knowledge and also practiced a moderate level of foot care. 32.7% of the patients had good knowledge, 51.3% had moderate knowledge, and 16.0% had poor knowledge regarding foot care. 63.3% of the patients had moderate practice; 24.5%, poor practice; and 12.2%, good practice. Patients belonging to urban areas scored better on both knowledge and practice scales. A significant statistical association of education with knowledge (P = 0.012) and practice (P = 0.008) regarding foot care was found. The patients compliant with drug therapy also observed better foot care practices. Education had a significant role in positively influencing the behavior of the patients. There was found a gap between knowledge and practice level of patients. Hence patients should be actively engaged in their health care plan with more emphasis on changing their behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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