Volume 26, Issue 129, November 2022

Extent of awareness of diabetic foot care in diabetic patients and their families at AL Baha city, Saudi Arabia

Ahmad H Alghamdi^1♦, Ramy Hassan Agwa², Sarah H Alherz³, Amjad A Alzahrani⁴, Malak F Alghamdi⁵, Sheekah M Alqahtani⁶, Shrouq M Alghamdi⁷, Waad M Alghamdi⁷, Fatema I Altaweel⁷, Raghad H Alghamdi⁷

¹Associated Professor of pediatric endocrinology, AL Baha Medical College – Al Baha University, KSA
²Assistant Professor of internal medicine, AL Baha Medical Collage – Al Baha University, KSA / Mansoura University, Egypt
³General physician, King Fahad hospital (Hofuf) – KSA
⁴General physician, Almakhwah General Hospital – KSA
⁵General physician, Eastern Health Cluster – KSA
⁶Pediatric resident, Saudi Board Program of pediatric Al-Hassa, KSA
⁷Medical Student, AL Baha Medical College – Al Baha University, KSA

^♦Corresponding author
Associate Prof Dr. Ahmad H Alghamdi, Associated Professor of pediatric endocrinology, AL Baha Medical College – Al Baha University, KSA

ABSTRACT

The incidence for diabetes mellitus in Saudi Arabia is high, along with its associated complications especially those of multiple micro and macro-vascular complications with special concern to diabetic foot. The aim of this study is to assess the awareness of diabetic patients and their relatives about the care of diabetic foot at Al Baha province. Material and methods: A descriptive cross sectional study is performed and the data was collected through online self administered questionnaire. The collected data was coded and analyzed by SPSS version 28, in which both inferential and descriptive statistics were adopted. Student T-test and ANOVA were used. P<0.05 was considered significant. About 385 diabetic patients were included in this study, 52.7% was female. 45.2 % were aged between 20-29 years, patients experienced diabetes mellitus for < five years were 37.9% and >ten years were 36.6%. Results: 74.4% of the patients bear a satisfactory knowledge, 76.9% revealed a satisfactory practice and 59.70% showed a positive attitude, those patients who read and write only and below 20 years showed a low mean knowledge score. Furthermore, those having history of Diabetes ranged from 5 to 10 years and attained a middle school revealed a low attitude score and finally those suffering from DM >10 years showed a low practice, with significant difference. Conclusion: The awareness of diabetic foot care was good depending on the educational level and duration of diseases. So, more efforts with good counseling are needed to improve the awareness of diabetic patients and reduce its complications.

Keywords: Awareness, Knowledge, Practice, Diabetic foot, Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms470e2520

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i129/ms470e2520

Published: 15 November 2022