ISSN No. 2079-8547 (Recognized by PMDC)
LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT RISK FACTOR OF DIABETIC FOOT IN DIABETIC PATIENTS
Abstract
Introduction: Diabetic foot is often quite a dreaded disability with long stretches of hospitalization and impossible
mounting expenses with the ever dangling end result of an amputated limb.
Objectives: To determine the risk factors knowledge level about diabetic foot
Material and Methods: This study was conducted at Medical Department at Khyber teaching hospital, Peshawar. This
was a cross sectional study which was conducted for the period of six months in which a total of 325 patients were
observed by using WHO sample size software taking 30.1% proportion12 of good knowledge regarding diabetic foot
care, confidence level was 95% and 5% margin of error.
Results: In this study mean age was 60 years with SD ± 1.26. Mean duration of diabetes was 12 years with SD ±
2.71. Twenty five percent patients had previous history of diabetic foot and 75% patients didn’t had previous history
of diabetic foot. Fifteen percent patients had good knowledge of diabetic foot, 38% patients had average knowledge
of diabetic foot and 47% patients had poor knowledge of diabetic foot.
Conclusion: In conclusion, this study could be considered as a preliminary study of the risk factors of DF in KPK patients,
and to be followed in the future by a large scale prospective study, including all the possible risk factors derived
from the current study and other studies.
Key words: knowledge level, diabetic foot, risk factors