The Comparison of Foot Care Knowledge Program with the Foot Care Knowledge Program Combine with Coconut Shell Stepping on Foot Numbness in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in U-Thong Hospital

Abstract

     This research aimed to compare the effects of foot care knowledge program and the program of foot care knowledge integrating with coconut shell stepping on the patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The patients of both programs were selected from diabetic clinic in U-Thong hospital. Sixty patients were purposively selected and equally divided to two groups. Data were analyzed using t-test.

     The results revealed that foot numbness of patients in group 1 were not improved significantly after receiving the foot care knowledge program (p = 0.05), whereas group 2 significantly reduced numbness after receiving the program of foot care knowledge integrating foot massage by using coconut shell stepping (p = 0.00). When compared numbness on the feet after the program, both groups showed that group 2 had numbness feet lower than group 1 (P = 0.00) with statistically significant at the 0.01 level.

     The results of this study indicate that the program of foot care knowledge integrating foot massage by using coconut shell stepping is more effective in reducing numbness of persons with type 2 diabetes than providing only foot care knowledge. Integrating foot massage by using coconut shell stepping which also promoting local wisdom for foot care in persons with diabetes is highly recommended.