Đánh giá hiệu quả của một số giải pháp can thiệp trong phòng chống loét chân cho bệnh nhân đái tháo đường tại Bệnh viện đa khoa Đồng Nai

The study was conducted on 954 diabetes mellitus patients who are regularly examinated, treated and well controlled glycemia at the Endocrinology Clinic - the: Dong Nai Polyclinic Hospital. Patients were randomly divided into two groups with 1:2 ratio. The group of 320 patients were trained the diabetic foot ulcer prevention and the group of remaining 634 patients only the routine diabetic management. Results after 18 months of intervention and follow-up showed that KAP on the prevention of diabetic foot ulcers in the intervention group is higher than the non- intervention group: Knowing the factors that cause ulcers (Intervention index (II) = 19.28 percent, P 0.05); Checking feet daily (II