Foot Care Behaviors with Type 2 Diabetes at Diabetes Clinic of Singhanakorn Hospital, Songkhla

Abstract

The objectives of this descriptive study were to study the level of foot care behaviors and to compare the foot care behaviors of patients with type 2 diabetes classified by personal factors, diabetes factors, and factor of foot conditions. The study subjects were diabetic patients who have been diagnosed with diabetes type 2 for more than one year who received treatment at diabetes clinic of Singhanakorn hospital, Songkhla. The calculation was conducted by using G * Power program among 159 patients using random sampling without replacement.  The questionnaire interviews were consisting of diabetes factor and treatment, feet conditions and foot care behaviors, total 34 items with IOC value at between 0.67 - 1.00 Pearson. Coefficient of Cronbach alpha and deviation 0.778 and analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum including to statistics of Independent t - test.

The results showed that overall for foot care behaviors of patients with type 2 diabetes at a high level ( = 2.18, SD = 0.39).  The diabetic patients with different gender and smoking behavior had significantly different foot care behaviors at 0.001 while those with HbA1C and a difference in feet touching had no difference in foot care behaviors. Therefore, this study suggests for knowledge sharing of patient foot care behaviors and related education should be provided for any caregivers and let them participate in the hospital clinic's staff activity.