aDepartment of General Surgery, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences, Mullana, Haryana, India
bDepartment of Pharmacology, SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana, India
cDepartment of Community Medicine, SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana, India
dDepartment of Microbiology, MSDS Medical College, Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
eDepartment of Pharmacology, FH Medical College, NH-2, Tundla, Uttar Pradesh, India
fAssistant Director Health, 19 Inf. Div., India
1Corresponding author
Online published on 20 April, 2016.
To ascertain the current status of knowledge and practices towards foot care among diabetic patients seeking care at a tertiary care teaching hospital. The mean age of the patients was 47.6 ± 5.3 years. Almost 96% patients were having type 2 DM. Patients had multiple risk factors for DM foot ulcer. The mean knowledge and practice scores were 5.47 ± 3.2 and 5.42 ± 2.4 respectively. Out of total, 32.2% had good knowledge of diabetic foot care (score ≥ 70%), 25.1% had satisfactory score (score 50–69%) and 42.7% had a poor knowledge of diabetic foot care (score <50). only 51 (12.1%) had good practice of diabetic foot care (score ≥ 70%), 178 (42.2%) had satisfactory score (score 50–69%) and 193 (45.7%) had a poor practice of diabetic foot care (score <50). Illiteracy and low socioeconomic status were significantly associated with lower the knowledge and practice scores.
Diabetes mellitus, Diabetic Foot Care, Foot ulcer, Knowledge, Practice, Perceptions
