Volume : 7, Issue : 7, July - 2018

Knowledge of Diabetic patient on "Prevention of Diabetic foot Ulcer"

Ms. Ayushi Pandey, Ms. Aditi Kothiyal, Ms. Aaishwarya Gautam, Ms. Akansha Goswami, Mr. Akhilesh Rawat, Mr. Dipti Y. Sorte

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Background of the study</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">: It is a study to assess the knowledge regarding prevention of diabetic foot ulcer among diabetic patients in a selected hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Objective</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">-The main objective of the study wasto assess the knowledge regarding diabetic foot ulcer among diabetic clients and to associate the knowledge score with the selected demographic variable of diabetic client.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Methodology-</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Quantitative research approach. The study was done in selected hospital Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The sample comprised of 150 patients with diabetic mellitus who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Data was collected from participants by structured knowledge questionnaire regarding prevention of diabetic foot ulcer.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:55.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Result</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">-the result showed that there is no significant association between level of knowledge and age(x&sup2;=0.55), gender (&sup2;=3.85), income (x&sup2;=0.728), availability of health resources (x&sup2;=0.807), occupation (x&sup2;=0.175), source of diabetic education (x&sup2;=0.214), age when diabetic mellitus diagnosed (x&sup2;=0.145), any other problem (x&sup2;=0.739), types of diet (x&sup2;=0.113), habits and addictions (x&sup2;=0.129), types of diabetes (x&sup2;=0.474), RBS<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>monitoring (x&sup2;=0.474).There is significant association of knowledge regarding prevention of diabetic foot ulcer with their education i.e. x&sup2;=0.013.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:55.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Conclusion- </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">It was concluded that there is good knowledge in patients with diabetic mellitus regarding prevention of diabetic foot ulcer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>