Knowledge and Practice of Foot Care among Diabetic Patients at a Public Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore

Akhtar, Kiran; Ali, Afsar; Bhatti, Roma

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“…Trimming toenails straight can prevent toenails damage (Pourkazemi et al, 2020). However, a multi-centered study in Lahore reported that most of the patients with Diabetes (81.5%) never regularly trimmed their toenails (Akhtar et al, 2018).…”

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Awareness and Behaviour on Foot Care among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Endocrine Clinic, HTAR, Selangor

Jazli

Kadir

Zam

et al. 2022

E-BPJ

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Diabetic foot complications result in morbidity and lower extremity amputation. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the self-awareness of foot care behavior among patients with Diabetes Mellitus. More than half of the participants (56.2%) reported a low level of foot care behavior. Gender and educational level were significantly associated with foot care behavior with p-values of 0.044 and 0.001, respectively. This study provided an insight into the current situation of foot care among patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Further research is needed to explore the new method in giving health education for behavioral change thus reducing foot complications among diabetes patients. Keywords: Self-awareness, Diabetes Mellitus, Footcare, Behavior eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i19.3274

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Section: Foot Care Behavior (Foot Hygiene)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Awareness and Behaviour on Foot Care among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Endocrine Clinic, HTAR, Selangor

Jazli

Kadir

Zam

et al. 2022

E-BPJ

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“…Trimming toenails straight can prevent toenails damage (Pourkazemi et al, 2020). However, a multi-centered study in Lahore reported most of the patients with diabetes (81.5%) never trimmed their toenails regularly (Akhtar et al, 2018).…”

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Foot Care Behaviour among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study

Jazli

Kadir

Zam

et al. 2021

jABs

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Diabetic foot complications result in morbidity and lower extremity amputation. Our cross-sectional study aimed to assess the foot care behaviour among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. More than half of the participants (56.2%) reported a low level of foot care behaviour. Gender and educational level were significantly associated with foot care behaviour (p < 0.05). This study provides an overview of the current foot care behaviour in a multi-ethnic population in Southeast Asia. Future studies with rigorous methods are needed to examine the factors associated with the foot care behaviour among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

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“…1 Prevalence of nutritional anemia in children is high in low- and middle-income countries. About 51% of the young children are affected due to nutritional anemia, 2 which is more prevalent in South Asia and Africa. 3 In Pakistan, nutritional anemia has been recognized to be the most common type of anemia in under nourished children.…”

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Screening of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children Using Mentzer Index in Pakistan: A Cross Sectional Study

Sherali

Ahad

Tikmani

et al. 2023

Global Pediatric Health

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The objective of the study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of Mentzer Index in children with hypochromic microcytic anemia by taking serum ferritin levels as a gold standard. This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Pediatric Medicine, Liaquat National Hospital Karachi, from 1st January to 30th June 2022. Children age 1 to 5 years and both genders were included in this study. Children who have had a history of blood transfusion in the past 3 months or Thalassemia or blood disorders, chronic liver disease or kidney diseases, and children with malignancy and congenital abnormalities were excluded. Eligible children were enrolled after taking written informed consent. Complete blood count (CBC) and serum ferritin were sent to the laboratory. Sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, and likelihood ratio were calculated taking serum ferritin levels as a gold standard. A total of 347 subjects were enrolled. The median age was 26 (IQR-18) months and 42.9% were males. The most common symptom was fatigue 40.9%. The sensitivity of the Mentzer index was 80.7% while the specificity was 77.7%. Similarly, the positive predictive value (PPV) was 56.8% while the negative predictive value (NPV) was 91.6%. Finally, the accuracy of the Mentzer index in determining iron deficiency anemia was 78.4%. Diagnostic accuracy was 78.4% and the likelihood ratio was 3.6. Mentzer index is a valuable tool in the early detection of IDA in children. It has got high sensitivity, specificity diagnostic accuracy, and likelihood ratio.

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Knowledge and Practice of Foot Care among Diabetic Patients at a Public Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Awareness and Behaviour on Foot Care among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Endocrine Clinic, HTAR, Selangor

Awareness and Behaviour on Foot Care among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Endocrine Clinic, HTAR, Selangor

Foot Care Behaviour among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study

Screening of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children Using Mentzer Index in Pakistan: A Cross Sectional Study

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