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Background. The objective of this study was to investigate levels of foot care knowledge among patients attending the diabetes clinic at Pretoria Academic Hospital by comparing the knowledge of patients with `at risk' feet (ARF) to those with `normal/not at risk' feet (NARF) and so assess whether the education effort by the clinic is effective. Methods. Patients attending the clinic completed an interviewer-assisted questionnaire with 11 questions concerning foot care knowledge. A knowledge score for each patient was calculated. Results. Possible scores ranged from 4 to 11 (maximum 11). The mean score for the ARF group was 8.9 (standard deviation (SD) 1.4) (range 4 - 11) compared with 8.9 (SD 1.4) for the NARF group (range 5 - 11) (p0.05). The most substantial difference between the two groups was that the ARF group gave 20more correct answers than the NARF group with regard to frequency of foot inspection (daily) (p=0.025). Conclusions. Both groups of patients had a reasonable knowledge regarding foot care. The patients at risk were more aware of the need for daily foot inspection
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Diabetes Complications , Foot Diseases , Patient CareABSTRACT
Ce present travail a pour objet d'une part de determiner le morphotype du pied de l'ivoirien base sur la longueur comparee des orteils et d'autre part d'apprecier son incidence sur certaines affections des orteils. Cette etude s'est realisee sur une population de 1041 personnes comprenant 540 hommes et 501 femmes. Dans cette approche epidemiologique; les auteurs notent que le pied egyptien est le morphotype dominant (58;60 pour cent) quelque soit le sexe et le groupe ethnique