title: [The diabetic foot: various interpretations by patients of some terms used by physicians in podiatric consultation].
abstract: Sixty diabetic patients gave their definitions of 12 terms concerning the diabetic foot. On average, only half of these terms were understood by these patients. The level of correct replies is associated neither with the patient's socio-cultural level nor with other variables such as the socio-demographic determinants (sex, age, life-style). The patient's diabetic history (duration of diabetes, treatment, education relating to complications with lower limbs), and the presence or absence of complications did no affect knowledge. On analyzing the contents of these patient's definitions, we discovered a whole range of different conceptions of this disease. By not verifying the patient's understanding of the words, both doctor and patient alike have no doubts as to their competence to understand them. These divergences could have certain consequences not only at the level of treatment, but also concerning prevention of lower limb's complications.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Traitement et d'Enseignement pour Diabétiques (UTED), Centre collaborateur de l'OMS, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Genève, Suisse.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Binyet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aufseesser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lacroix
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Assal
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003710:Demography; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000517:prevention & control; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010820:Physicians; D009626:Terminology as Topic
vernacular_title: Le pied diabetique: diverses conceptions qu'ont les patients de quelques termes utilisés par les médecins en consultation de podologie.