Effect of integrating health belief model in a prophylactic diabetic foot care program on knowledge, believes, practices and risk for foot ulcer of diabetic elderly | ||||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 27, Issue 4, December 2022, Page 174-189 PDF (565.12 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2022.274253 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Aliaa Mohammed Othman El-Afandy1; Nahla Said Mahmoud 2
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| 1Assist Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Helwan University | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Tanta University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| ABSTRACT: Diabetic food ulcer is one of the most prevalent long-term diabetic consequences, which has a significant financial and social impact on people, families, and the health system. It's also long-term consequence account for direct medical expenditures and lengthy periods of disability. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of integrating health belief model in a prophylactic diabetic foot care program on knowledge, beliefs, practices and risk for foot ulcer of diabetic elderly. Methodology: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized in this research. It was done at the medical outpatient clinics affiliated to Tanta University Hospitals. A purposeful sample of 300 older people with diabetes was selected. Two tools were utilized for data gathering. A structured interview schedule was the first tool with questions about the sociodemographics of senior patients, knowledge, reported practices, and perceived believes of diabetic elderly about foot ulcer. Second tool: A neurological foot and peripheral vascular examination was used as an assessment checklist to determine the risk of foot ulcers. Results showed a statistically significant improvement in elderly total knowledge (7% to 85.30%), reported practice (40.30% to 93.30%), total perceived beliefs (34.2455 to 44.9000) correspondingly pretest compared posttest. The degree of knowledge, reported practice, perceived believes, and foot ulcer risk scale of older diabetic patients improved after implementing the preventative diabetic foot care program. Conclusion and recommendation: there was a positive correlation between knowledge, reported practices, neurological and peripheral vascular risk exposure post applying program. Application of further research on large samples and other settings for generalization | ||||
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