Factors associated with foot ulcer self-management behaviours among hospitalised patients with diabetes

Journal of Clinical Nursing
Yen-Fan ChinChih-Ching Wang

Abstract

To determine prehospitalised diabetes-related foot ulcer (DFU) self-management behaviours and explore the factors associated with these behaviours. Although there are many studies that explore DFU prevention and treatment, to our knowledge, there are no quantitative studies of DFU self-management behaviours. Cross-sectional design. From June 2015-June 2016, 199 hospitalised patients with DFU were given a survey questionnaire at a medical centre in northern Taiwan. DFU self-management behaviours, diabetes foot self-care behaviours, beliefs in regard to barriers to DFU self-management behaviours, and knowledge regarding warning signs of DFU deterioration were assessed by well-designed measurement tools. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology checklist was used to ensure quality reporting during this observational study (see Supporting Information Appendix S1). The results revealed that 62.8% of participants never monitored their blood glucose level when they had foot ulcers, and 63.8% never sought treatment for their wounds when their wounds were not painful. After controlling for demographic and medical variables, stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that the following eight significan...Continue Reading

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Feb 12, 2020·Journal of Clinical Nursing·Eun Jo Kim, Kuem-Sun Han
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