Open AccessThe effect of peer support on foot care in patients with type 2 diabetes
Author(s) -
Zahra Ghasemi,
Hadi Yousefi,
Mohsen Torabikhah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2228-5504
pISSN - 1735-9066
DOI - 10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_163_18
Subject(s) - medicine , peer support , diabetes mellitus , foot (prosody) , intervention (counseling) , foot care , diabetic foot , type 2 diabetes , physical therapy , analysis of variance , randomized controlled trial , repeated measures design , social support , clinical trial , nursing , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , endocrinology , psychotherapist
Diabetes mellitus is one of the prevalent diseases in the world with several complications including diabetic foot ulcers. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of peer support on foot care in patients with type 2 diabetes.