title: Predictive Role of Preventive Measures in Preventing the Progression of Diabetic Foot.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common endocrine disease of modern life. Diabetic foot (DF) is the term for a foot of a patient suffering from DM with the potential risk of a number of pathological sequels, including infection, ulceration and/or destruction of deep tissue.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the importance of preventive measures to prevent the development of diabetic foot.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The gender structure of respondents categorized by the complication of DF (yes/no) was uniform. The average age was 60.15±12.2 years. Respondents without DF, 63% had 2 visits to the doctor a month, while in the group of those with DF, 39% of them had 3 visits to a doctor and 33% four or more times. Wearing comfortable shoes and foot hygiene in relation to the development of the DF are interdependent: c(2)=4,409; c(2) = 12.47 (p <0.0005). Also, recurrent foot injury, and slow healing of sores in comparison to the development of the DF are mutually dependent; c(2)=13,195; c(2)=14 (p <0.0005).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found that there is a significant statistical relationship between preventive measures and development of the DF.
authors.affiliation: Primary Health Care Center Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Ejub
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zukic
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Infectious disease, University Clinical Center Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Refet
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gojak
authors.affiliation: Primary Health Care Center Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Novakovic
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Infectious disease, University Clinical Center Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Belma
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gazibera
keywords: diabetic foot; preventive measures