Improving Foot Self-Care Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Behaviors in Patients With type 2 Diabetes at Low Risk for Foot Ulceration

Lifeng Fan, Souraya Sidani, Angela Cooper-Brathwaite and Kelly Metcalfe

Clinical Nursing Research, 2014, vol. 23, issue 6, 627-643

Abstract: The pilot study aimed to explore the effects of an educational intervention on patients’ foot self-care knowledge, self-efficacy, and behaviors in adult patients with type 2 diabetes at low risk for foot ulceration. The intervention consisted of three sessions and was given over a 3-week period. A total of 70 eligible consenting participants were recruited for this pilot study. Fifty-six participants completed the study. The outcomes were assessed at pretest, following the first two sessions, and 3-month follow-up. The findings indicated that the foot self-care educational intervention was effective in improving foot self-care knowledge, self-efficacy and behaviors in adult patients with type 2 diabetes at low risk for foot ulceration. The findings support the effects of the intervention. Future research should evaluate its efficacy using a randomized clinical trial design, and a large sample of patients with type 2 diabetes at low risk for foot ulcerations.

Keywords: diabetes; foot self-care; self-efficacy; foot ulceration; low risk; educational intervention; knowledge; behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773813491282

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