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Clinical Trial
. 1991 Feb-Mar;8(2):111-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1991.tb01555.x.

Intensive education improves knowledge, compliance, and foot problems in type 2 diabetes

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Clinical Trial

Intensive education improves knowledge, compliance, and foot problems in type 2 diabetes

R Barth et al. Diabet Med. 1991 Feb-Mar.

Abstract

Despite the established role of foot care education in diabetes management, reports evaluating such interventions are rare. The effectiveness of an intensive foot care intervention programme and a conventional one were therefore compared in Type 2 diabetes. The intensive group showed significantly greater improvements than the conventional group in foot care knowledge (p less than 0.001), compliance with the recommended foot care routine (p = 0.012), and compliance with the initial advice to consult a podiatrist (other than the project podiatrist) for further treatment (p = 0.008). At the first follow-up visit the intensive group also showed a significantly greater reduction in the number of foot problems requiring treatment than the conventional group.

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