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- Title
MUĞLA'DA DİYABET TANISI ALMIŞ HASTALARDA DİYABETİK AYAK EĞİTİM DURUMUNUN VE FARKINDALIĞININ İNCELENMESİ.
- Authors
Ergözen, Serkan; Pıçakçıefe, Metin
- Abstract
Objective: Diabetic foot ulcer is a community health problem which burdens on patients, family members and healthcare system and can be the cause of extremity loss although all kind of efforts. In our study, we aimed to investigate the diabetic foot education status and awareness in patients diagnosed with diabetes who applied to Muğla Training and Research Hospital Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine Outpatient Clinic. Method: A cross sectional analysis was conducted in which 78 diabetic patients were selected. With the opinion that the evaluation of local characteristics has influence on designating healthcare politics, a 15-question questionnaire was carried out about diabetic foot education status and awareness on 78 diabetic patients who admitted to Muğla Training and Research Hospital Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine Outpatient Clinic. Results: 84.6% (n=66) of the patients had diabetic foot ulcer. 74.4% (n=58) of the patients pointed out that they had never heard about the term "diabetic foot" before and the patients who had diabetes education (48.7%, n=38) pointed out that the topic of diabetic foot had not been mentioned during the training. When whether the patients had any specific education about diabetic foot and foot care was questioned, it was found out that only 12.8% (n=10) of them had this training but 87.2% (n=68) did not. When families' diabetic foot education was questioned, it was revealed that 94.9% (n=74) of them did not have any training. Conclusion: As the result of our study, frequency of receiving diabetic foot education in patients and their family members were quite low in Muğla and it was also revealed that this subject was not a part of their diabetes education. In terms of preventive health care practice, it is concluded that the integration of the titles of the diabetic foot and preventive strategies into diabetes education of the patients who diagnosed diabetes for the first time, and involving families to these trainings are extremely important. We believe for the former diagnosed patients and their families, it is going to be beneficial to plan diabetic foot education meetings; furthermore, the effective use of information technologies and mass media should not be overlooked.
- Subjects
TURKEY; DIAGNOSIS of diabetes; ACADEMIC medical centers; DIABETIC foot; CROSS-sectional method; PATIENTS' attitudes; HEALTH literacy; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Karya Journal of Health Science, 2022, Vol 3, Issue 3, p274
- ISSN
2717-9540
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.52831/kjhs.1153426