Knowledge and practice for protecting footwound in diabetic patients at the diabetesclinic, Buri Ram Hospital

Abstract

             The purposes of this research was to study the knowledge and practicepoints for protecting diabetic foot wound of the diabetes mellitus patients (n=90). Who received medical service at diabetes clinic, Buri Ram Hospital. The research method was a questionnaire, consisting of 3 parts, i.e., general information, knowledge and practice for preventingfoot wound. The present questionnaire has, passed the expert evaluation and tested the confidence with alpha. Criteria for knowledge and practice were 0.72 and 0.68, respectively. The data were collected by interviewing the sample group of patients from January 1 to March 1, 2018. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. The results of the sample size was moderate level at 45.6%, low level at 41.1%, high level at only 13.3%. The moderate level of practice was 55.6%, high level at 36.7% and low level at only 7.8%. The results of this research showed that the diabetic foot clinic should be set up so that the patients can be shared the knowledge about proper foot care for protecting foot wound. Moreover, the medical personnel in various fields should be an assessmentof knowledge and practice ofdiabetes mellitus patients. In order to cooperate to take care them.