An investigation of foot care behavior in patients with high risk of type 2 diabetic foot and analysis of influencing factors / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the level of foot care behavior and analyse related influencing factors in patients with high risk of type 2 diabetic foot (DF).Methods Apply the Chinese version of the Nottingham Assessment of Functional Footcare to 300 cases of patients with high risk of DF and take oneway ANOVA and multiple stepwise linear regression analysis on the general information and current foot condition.Results The score of foot care behavior was (45.58 ±7.83) scores.52.3 percents patients' scores were less than 45.Gender,previous education of diabetic foot care and history of diabetic foot ulcer were influencing factors of foot care behavior in patients with high risk of type 2 diabetic foot (t=3.196,3.392,2.462,P＜0.05).Conclusions The current level of foot care behavior was relatively low in patients with high risk of type 2 DF.It was also approved that female patients with high risk of DF who had received diabetic foot care education and suffered from diabetic foot ulcer before score much higher on foot care behavior.