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Intensive Education Improves Knowledge, Compliance, and Foot Problems in Type 2 Diabetes
Author(s) -
Barth R.,
Campbell L. V.,
Allen S.,
Jupp J. J.,
Chisholm D. J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1991.tb01555.x
Subject(s) - medicine , compliance (psychology) , type 2 diabetes , diabetic foot , foot (prosody) , diabetes mellitus , intensive care medicine , endocrinology , psychology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy
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 < 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.