Investigation analysis of knowledge-attitude-practice of diabetic foot self-care in elderly outpatients with diabetes
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2016.11.009
- VernacularTitle:门诊老年糖尿病患者糖尿病足自护知信行现状的调查分析
- Author:
Haofen XIE
1
;
Yanshu CHEN
;
Li LI
;
Shengnan XU
;
Jianfei FU
;
Liemin RUAN
Author Information
1. 315010,浙江省宁波市第一医院护理部
- Keywords:
Diabetes;
Diabetic foot;
Knowledge-attitude-practice
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2016;22(11):1519-1523
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the current situation of the knowledge,attitude and practice of diabetic foot self-care in elderly outpatients with diabetes,and to explore the effective methods of preventing diabetic foot in these population.Methods The study investigated 252 elderly outpatients with diabetes using convenient sampling.Self-designed questionnaires were used to investigate demographics data,and the knowledgeattitude-practice scores of preventing diabetic foot in elderly diabetic patients.The data would been analyzed.Results The average scores of knowledge,attitude and practice of self-care on preventing diabetic foot were respectively (4.74 ± 1.565),(17.69 ± 4.256) and (26.58 ± 4.899).Besides,the scores of the self-protection attitude and the self-protection practice had positive correlation (P < 0.001).Conclusions Elderly outpatients with diabetes have poor knowledge but positive attitude towards self-care of preventing diabetic foot.Moreover,more universal training and education should be conducted,especially for migrant workers,due to their poor behaviors of self-care.