@article{Gomathi_Kamalam_N_2021, title={DIABETIC FOOT CARE KNOWLEDGE AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS}, volume={9}, url={https://www.granthaalayahpublication.org/journals/granthaalayah/article/view/4159}, DOI={10.29121/granthaalayah.v9.i8.2021.4159}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background:</strong> Diabetes is traditionally known as a “silent disease,” exhibiting no symptoms until it progresses to severe target organ damage.</p> <p><strong>Aims & Objective</strong>: The study was conducted to determine the knowledge of foot care ,knowledge regarding foot care practice and its associated factors among type 2 diabetes patients.</p> <p><strong>Material and Methods</strong>: A Community based cross-sectional study was conducted at a primary health centre, Pondicherry, 107 subjects were selected by convenience sampling technique. Data was collected from December 2020 to March 2021, among type 2 diabetes who attended the diabetic clinic. A validated pretested questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of foot care, knowledge regarding foot care practice and its associated factors among type 2 diabetes patients. Data was analysed using SPSS 21.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong>: Among 107 diabetes patients 68(75.6%) of them had poor knowledge and only 2 (2.2%) of them had good practice. There was highly significant (p<0.001) relationship between knowledge of foot care and knowledge regarding foot care practice scores. There was highly significant association (p<0.05) between the knowledge of foot care with selected demographic variables of gender, occupation, alcohol consumption, regularity of treatment and source of information.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> It is a need of the hour to conduct health education programme to create awareness among rural people for better glycaemic control and prevention of ulcer foot in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.</p>}, number={8}, journal={International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH}, author={Gomathi, A and Kamalam, S. and N, Jeevaanand}, year={2021}, month={Aug.}, pages={59–69} }