Diabetic Foot Self Care

Aim of the study: Studying patients' knowledge, practice and barriers of foot self-care among diabetic patients attending Sohag University Hospital,. Objectives: 1. To determine patients' knowledge and practice of foot self-care among diabetic patients attending Sohag University Hospital. 2. To detect barriers of diabetic foot self-care among diabetic patients attending Sohag University Hospital. Patients and methods: Place of the study (locality): Sohag University Hospital at endocrine outpatient clinic . Type of the study (Study design): A cross-sectional, descriptive questionnaire based study was designed to evaluate knowledge and practice of diabetic patients regarding foot care. Period of data collection . 6 months Questionnaires will be distributed among the diabetes mellitus patients in Sohag University Hospital to get the information about the knowledge of the disease among patients. The answer of the questions will be scored with "yes" "no" or I don't "know". The questionnaire consists of four sections(8): 1. Demographic section . 2. Knowledge related questions regarding foot care . 3. Practice related questions regarding practice of foot care . 4. Barriers to foot self-care . Questionnaire contained 7 questions regarding knowledge of foot care and 12 questions regarding practice of foot care, which was approved and validated by the research committee of faculty of Pharmacy.