Abstract
Background In the current scenario diabetes has become a serious and frequent chronic disease with fatal disabling and expensive complications as well as a shorter life expectancy.Objective The studyrsquos main objective was to assess the risk factors of diabetes mellitus and to assess the knowledge of the care of diabetic foot among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.Methods A questionnaire-based study was conducted among 100 Type-2 diabetic patients from rural Mysuru. The participants were assessed for their knowledge regarding the risk factors of diabetic foot ulcers and diabetic foot care.Results The mean plusmn SD score of knowledge of type-2 diabetes patients concerning diabetic foot care was found to be 17.8 plusmn4.45 ranging from 5 to 25. Most of the participants had good knowledge 49 of diabetic foot care followed by average knowledge 37. The findings of the study revealed that there was a statistically significant association between the knowledge of type-2 diabetic patients regarding diabetic foot care with their selected personnel variable.Conclusion A similar kind of study can be carried out on a larger sample for broader generalization.
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