Self-confidence and Foot Self-care Behavior in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-sectional Study

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10.2991/978-94-6463-324-5_4How to use a DOI?

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Diabetes Mellitus; Foot Ulcer; Self-Confidence; Foot Self-Care

Abstract

Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU) are one of the most severe complications of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and require important foot self-care to prevent the occurrence of DFU. The study aimed to identify the self-confidence and foot self-care practice of patients with DM who experience DFU. The design of this study was cross-sectional, with a sample size of 44 adults with DM who had a history of foot ulcers or were currently having foot ulcers who were recruited using convenience sampling techniques. The research was conducted from June to August 2022 at six community health centers in Surabaya, East Java. Data collection used a questionnaire. Data analysis used descriptive analysis and the Pearson correlation test. Patient characteristics showed that 43.2% were aged around 56–65, 53.27% were male, and 37 (84.09%) had comorbidities. Data regarding the Body Mass Index was 28 patients (63.64) were expected, the duration of DM was 43.18% was < 6 years and the blood glucose level of 61.36% was > 200 mg/dl. Most of the 30 patients (68.18%) were DFU. Patients who had low self-confidence were 25 (56.82%). Foot self-care practice shows inadequate practice 39 (88.64). The significant relationship between self-confidence and foot self-care was p = 0.02 (p < 0.05). In general, patients still have inadequate foot self-care practice. It turns out that patients with high self-confidence also have adequate foot self-care approaches, although these results are inconsistent. This needs to get attention from health workers to continue providing education about foot self-care.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Anita Joeliantina
AU  - Dwi Adji Norontoko
AU  - Sri Hardi Wuryaningsih
AU  - Padoli
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/23
TI  - Self-confidence and Foot Self-care Behavior in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-sectional Study
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Health Polytechnic Surabaya (ICoHPS 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 23
EP  - 31
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-324-5_4
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-324-5_4
ID  - Joeliantina2023
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