Education and Mobile Reminder Program for Foot Self-Care in Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease with systemic, acute and chronic complications whose prevalence is increasing all over the world and in our country (Satman et al. 2013). The prevalence of diabetes all over the world and in Turkey is increasing day by day and this situation is becoming an important public health problem (Aytemur and Vardar İnkaya 2022). Diabetic foot is an important complication that causes organ loss, affects individuals mentally, physically, socially and economically, and requires frequent hospitalization and surgical intervention (Danmusa et al. 2016, Kalaycı et al. 2020). In the prevention of diabetes, it is necessary to raise awareness and gain healthy lifestyle behaviors. This study aims to increase foot self-care behaviors, diabetes management self-efficacy and quality of life of individuals with type 2 diabetes with the education program and reminder mobile applications.