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. 2020 Jan 28;9(1):367-373.
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_861_19. eCollection 2020 Jan.

Educating patients of diabetes mellitus for diabetic foot care

Satyam Singh  1 , Suhas Jajoo  1 , Samarth Shukla  2 , Sourya Acharya  3
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Educating patients of diabetes mellitus for diabetic foot care

Satyam Singh et al. J Family Med Prim Care. .

Abstract

Background and purpose: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global pandemic. Among the spectrum of diabetic complications, diabetic foot is a leading cause of morbidity and hence awareness and education regarding primary healthcare inclusive of self-care pertaining to diabetic foot care is of paramount importance.

Aim: The aim of the study was to educate patients of DM regarding the disease and its associated complications, specifically pertaining to diabetic foot care.

Methodology: The study was carried out in three phases, first was to assess the diabetic patients related to their awareness on disease complications and diabetic foot care, through pretest questionnaire, the second phase was to sensitize patients and educate them on the same, the third phase was to re assess the knowledge gained by the patients through posttest assessment.

Results: The study evaluated the absolute and relative learning gain regarding the awareness and knowledge of foot care among diabetic individuals. The absolute learning gain was 40.92% and the relative learning gain was 76.48% and normalized learning gain was 0. 88, the normalized gain was assessed to be high.

Conclusion: The study concluded that training and sensitizing individuals with diabetes will definitely help reduce morbidity of diabetic foot and hence the medical and paramedical staff need to spread awareness regards the same.

Keywords: Absolute learning gain; complications; diabetes mellitus; diabetic foot; normalized learning gain; relative learning gain.

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Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

Figures

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Bar graph showing affirmative responses to the pre-test questionnaire
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Bar graph showing affirmative responses to the post test questionnaire
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Graph showing comparison between Pre-test and Post test score on the affirmative response on questionnaire
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