title: Diabetic foot care: multilingual translation of a patient education leaflet.
abstract: The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society "Diabetic Foot Care" patient education leaflet was revised to improve the layout and emphasis of key concepts of preventive care. This included review of daily foot and shoe examination, danger signs, daily washing and foot care, shoe fitting, medical care, and avoidance of dangerous acts. The leaflet was expanded to occupy two sides of a page, retaining the capability of production in tear-off sheet format to facilitate distribution to patients in the clinical office. Furthermore, the leaflet was translated into 19 other languages for diabetic patients in the United States and around the world with limited English language comprehension.
authors.affiliation: American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Elly
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trepman
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bracilovic
authors.forename: Karyn K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Lamborn
authors.forename: Naomi N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Pinzur
authors.forename: Lowell D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Lutter
mesh_terms: D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D010174:Pamphlets; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014175:Translating; D014481:United States