KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE AND BARRIERS OF DIABETIC FOOT SELFCARE AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

Authors :: Francisco João de Carvalho Neto
Antônia Fabiana Rodrigues da Silva
Mayla Rosa Guimarães
Emanuel Wellington Costa Lima
Rafaela Pereira Lima
Ana Roberta Vilarouca da Silva
Source :: Cogitare Enfermagem, Vol 27 (2022)
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2022.
Abstract: Objective: To relate knowledge, practice and barriers of diabetic foot self-care among people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, according to gender and education. Method: Analytical cross-sectional study with 102 users of 4 basic units in the inland of the state of Piauí, Brazil. Socioeconomic and clinical data were collected between December 2018 and July 2019. Descriptive analysis was performed with the use of the Chi-square test. Results: Women showed greater knowledge and practice of moisturizing (p5cm (p=0.001) and

Subjects :: Diabetic foot
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Complications of Diabetes
Selfcare
Knowledge.
Nursing
RT1-120
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270

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