Educating patients of diabetes mellitus for diabetic foot care

Satyam Singh; Suhas Jajoo; Samarth Shukla; Sourya Acharya

doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_861_19

Educating patients of diabetes mellitus for diabetic foot care

J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Jan 28;9(1):367-373. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_861_19. eCollection 2020 Jan.

Authors

Satyam Singh¹, Suhas Jajoo¹, Samarth Shukla², Sourya Acharya³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, ABVR Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
² Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, ABVR Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
³ Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, ABVR Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India.

Abstract

Background and purpose: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global pandemic. Among the spectrum of diabetic complications, diabetic foot is a leading cause of morbidity and hence awareness and education regarding primary healthcare inclusive of self-care pertaining to diabetic foot care is of paramount importance.

Aim: The aim of the study was to educate patients of DM regarding the disease and its associated complications, specifically pertaining to diabetic foot care.

Methodology: The study was carried out in three phases, first was to assess the diabetic patients related to their awareness on disease complications and diabetic foot care, through pretest questionnaire, the second phase was to sensitize patients and educate them on the same, the third phase was to re assess the knowledge gained by the patients through posttest assessment.

Results: The study evaluated the absolute and relative learning gain regarding the awareness and knowledge of foot care among diabetic individuals. The absolute learning gain was 40.92% and the relative learning gain was 76.48% and normalized learning gain was 0. 88, the normalized gain was assessed to be high.

Conclusion: The study concluded that training and sensitizing individuals with diabetes will definitely help reduce morbidity of diabetic foot and hence the medical and paramedical staff need to spread awareness regards the same.

Keywords: Absolute learning gain; complications; diabetes mellitus; diabetic foot; normalized learning gain; relative learning gain.