Foot self-care in diabetes mellitus: Evaluation of patient awareness

Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic disorders in the world, and its prevalence in adults has showed a trend of significant increase in the last few decades [1,2]. Major complications of diabetes mellitus include diabetic foot disease and this problem is an important cause of morbidity. Diabetic foot disease is typically defined to include ulcers or infections in the foot of a person with diabetes [3 –5]. Important risk factors for the development of diabetic foot disease include neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease and poor glycemic control [6].

Source: Primary Care Diabetes - July 11, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Fatma Y ılmaz Karadağ, Neşe Saltoğlu, Öznur Ak, Güle Çınar Aydın, Seniha Şenbayrak, Serpil Erol, Duru Mıstanoğlu Özatağ, Ayten Kadanalı, Yaşar Küçükardalı, Şenol Çomoğlu, Gülşen Yörük, Yasemin Akkoyunlu, Meliha Meriç Koç, Arzu Tags: Original research Source Type: research