Open AccessEffectiveness of a patient education module on diabetic foot care in outpatient setting: An open-label randomized controlled study
Author(s) -
Hammadur Sk Rahaman,
Viveka P Jyotsna,
V. Sreenivas,
Anand Krishnan,
Nikhil Tandon
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/ijem.ijem_148_17
Subject(s) - medicine , open label , foot care , randomized controlled trial , diabetic foot , foot (prosody) , physical therapy , diabetes mellitus , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , endocrinology , linguistics , philosophy
A large number of patients with diabetes mellitus are unaware of foot care and are at risk of developing foot ulcer and amputation. This increases healthcare burden due to preventable complication of diabetes.