The efficacy of diabetic foot care education. | Semantic Scholar (2024)

The implementation of a health education program, in addition to performing multidisciplinary work, favors the prevention of diabetic foot ulcers and reduces the risk of amputation.

An education based on self-efficacy is used to build a strong and good perceptive to support and strengthen the DM sufferers' behavior and prevent diabetic foot injuries.

The performed intervention promoted positive behavioral changes, favoring the adoption of healthy habits and the promotion of self-care in older adult patients with Diabetes Mellitus.

Patient education and regular foot care for diabetic were effective in reducing lower extremity complications, both minor and majorLower extremity amputation.

It is necessary to encourage screening in specialized care, skills testing, and the implementation of educational group activities and workshops regarding diabetic foot prevention, using an ad hoc self-administered questionnaire validated by seven experts.

It was found that educational interventions implemented were beneficial to DFU patients in improving their self-care practices and foot care knowledge, preventing the DFUs.

The results of a systematic review of twenty-six studies and a meta-analysis of 9 studies showed that diabetic foot education improved the level of knowledge and behavior of patients with diabetes, while not affecting their self-efficacy.

It was understood that the conduct of primary care nurses, in this current model carried out in the local health system, is ineffective because nurses do not systematize, basic care to prevent complications.

The performed intervention promoted positive behavioral changes, favoring the adoption of healthy habits and the promotion of self-care in older adult patients with Diabetes Mellitus.

Combined efficacy of foot care education with PDGF improved the total wound healing and ensured better wound characteristics in lower extremity foot ulcers among adults with T2D.

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10 important principles of education in modern diabetic foot care are described, remembering that it is vital to educate not only the patient but also the health care professional.

The recently developed strategies for a global approach to diabetes therapy which combines biomedical, psychosocial and educational elements represents an exemplary therapeutic model for the care of many chronic diseases.

A careful physical examination, buttressed by monofilament testing for neuropathy and noninvasive testing for arterial insufficiency, can identify patients at risk for foot ulcers and appropriately classify patients who already have ulcers or other diabetic foot complications.

The recent data from the Netherlands show that with a concerted team approach, it is possible to increase the numbers of foot clinics with the provision of podiatry services by more than 100% and there remains much to be done in the next millennium to improve the lot of the diabetic patient with foot problems.

Programs to reduce amputations among people with diabetes in primarycare settings should identify those at high risk; clinically evaluate individuals to determine specific risk status; ensure appropriate preventive therapy, treatment for foot problems, and follow-up; and, when necessary, refer patients to specialists.

Annual short-term costs for lower leg amputation in diabetes approach the costs of treatment of patients with hip fracture or knee and hip arthroplasties together.

In patients with type 2 diabetes the risk of diabetic complications was strongly associated with previous hyperglycaemia, with the lowest risk being in those with HbA1c values in the normal range (<6.0%).

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