Intensive education improves knowledge, compliance, and foot problems in type 2 diabetes.
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 less than 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.
Barth
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Diabetes Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Campbell
L V
LV
Allen
S
S
Jupp
J J
JJ
Chisholm
D J
DJ
D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*