Foot Care Practices among Type 2 Diabetics Mellitus Patients Attending Diabetes Clinics in Embu County, Kenya - Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics

OJCD > Vol.9 No.4, December 2019

Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics

Volume 9, Issue 4 (December 2019)

ISSN Print: 2162-5816 ISSN Online: 2162-5824

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Foot Care Practices among Type 2 Diabetics Mellitus Patients Attending Diabetes Clinics in Embu County, Kenya ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojcd.2019.94009 1,402 Downloads 3,357 Views Citations

Author(s)

Annastacia M. Mbisi¹, Lucy K. Gitonga¹, Silas Kiruki²

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Nursing, Chukka University, Nairobi, Kenya.
²Department of Physical Sciences, Chukka University, Nairobi, Kenya.

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 < 0.05. Walking 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.

KEYWORDS

Diabetes Type 2, Foot Ulcers, Foot Self Care

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Mbisi, A. , Gitonga, L. and Kiruki, S. (2019) Foot Care Practices among Type 2 Diabetics Mellitus Patients Attending Diabetes Clinics in Embu County, Kenya. Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics, 9, 126-144. doi: 10.4236/ojcd.2019.94009.

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