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Abstract
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a health problem and the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Global diabetes incidence is increasing rapidly; this rise in prevalence of DM is likely to bring a concomitant increase in its complications among diabetic patients. One important complication of DM is the Foot problems; these complications constitute an increasing public health problem and are a leading cause of hospital admission, amputation and mortality in diabetic patients
Aim: Determine the impact of foot care educational program on knowledge and foot self care practice for diabetic elderly patients.
Materials and Methods: Quasi experimental design was be utilized in this study. The sample composed of 160 diabetic older adult patients. 100 in control group selected from El- Khiaria village and 60 in study group selected from El-Badala village, affiliated to Mansoura city. Egypt. The study was conducted over a period of 11 months beginning at March2011 till the end of January 2012.
Results: The age of the studied subjects ranged from 60 up to 85years. With a mean age of 65 ±4.95 for the study group, compared to 64.94±4.50 for control. All patients in the study, compared to 99.0% in control group had poor knowledge, no statistically significant difference between both groups before program implementation (X2 = 0.604, p = 0.437). While there is improvement of knowledge for patients in study group after program implementation the difference was highly statistically significant (X2=99.571, p = 0.000*).
Conclusion: This study has shown a marked gap in the knowledge and practices of the diabetic older adult patients regarding foot care. The findings suggest that implementation of a nursing educational program was successful in improving the knowledge and self-care practice of foot care among diabetic elderly patients.