Effect of Diabetes Foot Care Program to Prevent Leg Cramps of Type 2 Diabetic Patients, Samrongchai Sub-district, Phisalee District, Nakhon Sawan Province

Abstract

Objective: To determine foot care knowledge and behavior of the participants, including to compare their foot care knowledge and behavior before and after joining the program. Methods: This study is quasi-experimental design with a single group of the research participants which measurements were performed before and after participating in the program. Eighty-two participants were patients which medical diagnosed to diabetes type 2 and were responsibility of Ban Wangkang Health Promotion Hospital, Samrongchai District, Phisalee District, Nakhon Sawan Province. These participants were selected by the simple random sampling technique. The tool of this study had three types: 1) diabetes foot care program 2) diabetes foot assessment form and 3) the interview questionnaires which consisted of diabetic foot care knowledge and diabetic foot care behavior of the patients. Reliability of the questionnaires were 0.78 and 0.86, respectively. The statistical analysis was; 1) The percentage, mean, and standard deviation were used in terms of descriptive statistics and 2) The paired t-test was used for analytical statistics. Results: After participating in the diabetes foot care program, the participants showed significantly increased diabetic foot care knowledge and diabetic foot care behavior. Conclusions: Hence, the diabetes foot care program is an important role to develop the quality services and health diabetes patients. It should be extended to responsible primary care networks for more effective of diabetic foot care of the patients and prevent leg amputation.