Knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and the associated factors for practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu

Aim of study To determine the proportion of good knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and its associated factors for good practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. Methodology A cross sectional study was conducted involving 383 diabetic patien...

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Main Author:	Ismail, Nurul Izzatul Aisyah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	R Medicine
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spelling	my-usm-ep.606152024-07-03T03:53:36Z Knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and the associated factors for practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu 2020 Ismail, Nurul Izzatul Aisyah R Medicine RA440-440.87 Study and teaching. Research RC648-665 Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology Aim of study To determine the proportion of good knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and its associated factors for good practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. Methodology A cross sectional study was conducted involving 383 diabetic patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu who fit the inclusion and exclusion criteria and they were recruited using systematic sampling. A self-developed and preliminary tested administered questionnaire was administered and consisted of 3 domains assessing the sociodemographic data, knowledge and practices about diabetic foot care. Each knowledge and practice domain consist of 15 questions. Their score is classified as good knowledge, poor knowledge, good practice and poor practice. The score of more than 70% is considered as good knowledge and practice for both domain. Results Median age of the respondents was 60.0 (IQR 12). 70.2% of the respondent had good knowledge regarding diabetic foot care but only 58.7% had good practice about diabetic foot care. Mean (SD) for knowledge score was 11.3 (2.40) and 22.1 (4.39) for practice. The good practice of diabetic foot care has significant statistical association with sex (p=0.014), race (p=0.028) and level of knowledge of diabetic foot care (p<0.001). Conclusion: The level of knowledge and practice regarding diabetic foot care still under optimized among diabetic patients that attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu. Sex, race and level of good knowledge has significant association with good practice of diabetic foot care. The action need to be taken by healthcare providers in emphasizing the importance of good diabetic foot care practice as preventive measure to reduce the disease burden to the patients and healthcare system. 2020 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/60615/ http://eprints.usm.my/60615/1/NURUL%20IZZATUL%20AISYAH%20BT%20ISMA-E.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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language	English
topic	R Medicine R Medicine R Medicine
spellingShingle	R Medicine R Medicine R Medicine Ismail, Nurul Izzatul Aisyah Knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and the associated factors for practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
description	Aim of study To determine the proportion of good knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and its associated factors for good practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. Methodology A cross sectional study was conducted involving 383 diabetic patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu who fit the inclusion and exclusion criteria and they were recruited using systematic sampling. A self-developed and preliminary tested administered questionnaire was administered and consisted of 3 domains assessing the sociodemographic data, knowledge and practices about diabetic foot care. Each knowledge and practice domain consist of 15 questions. Their score is classified as good knowledge, poor knowledge, good practice and poor practice. The score of more than 70% is considered as good knowledge and practice for both domain. Results Median age of the respondents was 60.0 (IQR 12). 70.2% of the respondent had good knowledge regarding diabetic foot care but only 58.7% had good practice about diabetic foot care. Mean (SD) for knowledge score was 11.3 (2.40) and 22.1 (4.39) for practice. The good practice of diabetic foot care has significant statistical association with sex (p=0.014), race (p=0.028) and level of knowledge of diabetic foot care (p<0.001). Conclusion: The level of knowledge and practice regarding diabetic foot care still under optimized among diabetic patients that attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu. Sex, race and level of good knowledge has significant association with good practice of diabetic foot care. The action need to be taken by healthcare providers in emphasizing the importance of good diabetic foot care practice as preventive measure to reduce the disease burden to the patients and healthcare system.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Ismail, Nurul Izzatul Aisyah
author_facet	Ismail, Nurul Izzatul Aisyah
author_sort	Ismail, Nurul Izzatul Aisyah
title	Knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and the associated factors for practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
title_short	Knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and the associated factors for practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
title_full	Knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and the associated factors for practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
title_fullStr	Knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and the associated factors for practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and the associated factors for practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
title_sort	knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and the associated factors for practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in kuala terengganu, terengganu
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
publishDate	2020
url	http://eprints.usm.my/60615/1/NURUL%20IZZATUL%20AISYAH%20BT%20ISMA-E.pdf
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Knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care and the associated factors for practice among patients attending outpatient clinics in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu

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