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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about Foot Care among Adult Diabetic Patients at Prince Abdul-Aziz bin Majid Diabetes Center in Al Madinah City, Saudi Arabia

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: Diabetic foot refers to various degrees of neurological and vascular abnormalities affecting the foot and the tendency towards deep foot tissue destruction, ulceration and infection. Objective: This study is conducted to assess the level of knowledge and practice about foot care among adult diabetic patients attending Prince Abdul-Aziz ben Majid diabetic center in Al Madinah City, Saudi Arabia 2020. Patients and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study. A valid structured questionnaire was used to collect the data of diabetic adult patients attending Diabetics Center Prince Abdul-Aziz bin Majid in Al Madinah city. The statistical analysis was done by using the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS). Results: 363 participants completed the questionnaire, 57% of them were males and 43% were females. 90.6% of participants scored good knowledge level while 9.4% scored poor knowledge score. 77.1% of participants scored good attitude level while 22.9% scored poor attitude score. 93.7% of participants scored good practice level while 6.3% scored poor practice score. Overall, good knowledge score was significantly associated with occupation of participant (P= 0.002), duration of diabetes (P= 0.024), and number of visits to the clinic (P= 0.020). There was a significant association between good attitude score with educational level of participants (P= 0.001) but not with other sociodemographic characteristics. A significant association was also found between good practice score with educational level of participants (P= 0.005). Conclusion: In conclusion, diabetic patients participated in our study showed good scores for knowledge, attitude and practice when compared to previous literature in Saudi Arabia and worldwide.  

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10.21608/ejhm.2022.231637

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Attitude, Diabetic patients, Foot care, Knowledge, Practice

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Mohammed Alean

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Albalawi

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mohammedalean@hotmail.com

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Wafa Allauddin

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Sheikh

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87

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1

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31467

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2022-04-01

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2022-04-18

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2022-04-01

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1,871

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about Foot Care among Adult Diabetic Patients at Prince Abdul-Aziz bin Majid Diabetes Center in Al Madinah City, Saudi Arabia

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22 Jan 2023