TITLE:
Foot Care Practices among Type 2 Diabetics Mellitus Patients Attending Diabetes Clinics in Embu County, Kenya
AUTHORS:
Annastacia M. Mbisi, Lucy K. Gitonga, Silas Kiruki
KEYWORDS:
Diabetes Type 2, Foot Ulcers, Foot Self Care
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics,
Vol.9 No.4,
November
18,
2019
ABSTRACT: Diabetes mellitus has become
a global epidemic of 21st century with dispro- portionately high socioeconomic burden in the developing world. Foot
ulcerations secondary to peripheral neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease
have led to devastating health outcomes including amputations. A descriptive
survey targeting a sample size of 301 was drawn from the selected health
facility. Majority of the respondents
were female and aged between 40 and 70 years old. The duration that a patient
had lived with diabetes, history of smoking and respondents age was
significantly associated with foot ulcers at P-value bare foot in and out
of the house, breaking into new shoes, poor inspection of feet were associated with the development of foot ulcers while dressing of blisters with sterile dressings was associated
with the prevention of foot ulcers.