objective: foot ulcer in diabetic people has a negative effect on their quality of life. it can decrease social activities, and increase stress. it can also limit doing job tasks, and increase life financial burden and high medical expenses. so examination of feet and considering foot care in these patients are essential. materials and methods: this analytic-descriptive research was performed o...

objective: diabetes mellitus is one of the most common medical problems worldwide. approximately 18% of persons over 65 years old are diabetic. who estimates that the prevalence rate of diabetes (4% in 1995) will increase to 5.6% in 2025. diabetic foot problems are potentially the most preventable long–term complication for diabetes. the purpose of this study was to test the utility of the heal...

background: foot ulcers (fu) are a significant complication of diabetes mellitus (dm) and a preceding factor leading to lower extremity amputation. the aim of this study was to evaluate the management of diabetic foot ulcer (dfu) in babol, north of iran. methods: five hundred twenty cases of diabetic foot ulcer that were hospitalized in two main teaching hospitals of babol university of medical...

conclusions an intervention based on the theory of planned behavior was effective in improving the foot care in diabetic patients. results the two groups showed no significant difference in terms of demographics or in the mean scores of other variables before the intervention (p > 0.05). after the intervention, a significant increase was observed in the mean scores of attitudes, and foot care p...

Background: Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to a high rate of complications. Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU), leading to significant morbidity. However, DFU can be prevented and managed through education of patient foot care. Objectives: The current study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and practice routines of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) regarding foot care. Methods: A questionnaire was de...

OBJECTIVE: Foot ulcer in diabetic people has a negative effect on their quality of life. It can decrease social activities, and increase stress. It can also limit doing job tasks, and increase life financial burden and high medical expenses. So examination of feet and considering foot care in these patients are essential. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This analytic-descriptive research was performed...

Diabetes mellitus as one of the most common metabolic disorders has some complications, one of the main ones is diabetic foot (DF). Appropriate care and education prevents 85% of diabetic foot amputations. An ideal management to prevent and treat diabetic foot necessitates a close collaboration between the health team members and the diabetic patient. Therefore, improving nurses' knowledge a...

background:diabetic foot affects more than 25% of diabetic patients and finally up to 20% of cases result in amputation. the most important factor resulting in severe complications or even death is lack of self-care. health locus of control has been introduced as one of health factors and predicting factors of self-care. this research was performed for analyzing the correlation between self-car...

background: diabetic foot as a late complication of diabetes imposes high costs to the health care system. the present study aimed to investigate combinatorial educational program based on basnef model on foot care in type 2 diabetic patients referred to diabetes clinic of samirom city. methods: this study is a semi-empirical study, in which 164 eligible patients were selected after the pre-tes...