aYoung Researchers Club and scholars, Kerman, Iran, Ph.D Student of Health Psychology
bPh.D Student of Educational Psychology
cYoung Researchs and Elite Club, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran. Ph.D Student of Health Psychology
dLecturer, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, 19395-697, Tehran, Iran
This study has been implemented to assess the skills of your foot care in diabetic patients attending a diabetes center of Kerman. This semi experimental study was conducted on 100 patients referred to the diabetes clinic. It's a Random sampling with a test group and a control group. Data collection was a questionnaire included demographic questions and self-care records of diabetic patients. Data analysis was performed by using SPSS software and t-test. This study aimed to assess the skills of self-foot care in diabetic patients attending in diabetes center of Kerman. There was a significant relationship between self-care and self-awareness training and education. There was no significant association between self-care behaviors, age, sex, diabetic foot ulcers. According to the results of a study there was a relation between self-care behavior and self-awareness skills. Therefore, we should strengthen the diabetes self-care behaviors, and accompany the self-awareness training package with the care training packages.
Self-care behaviors, self-awareness skills, diabetic ulcers
