Tingkat pengetahuan penderita diabetes tentang perawatan kaki di puskesmas kendal kerep kota malang
Daftar Isi:
- Background: Feet care is one of primary preventive efforts aims to prevent wound occurrence. Feet care on diabetes mellitus patients should done so the ulcer gangrene number on the feet decreases and amputation could prevented. People who have sufficient diabetes mellitus knowledge about feet care become the foundation and motivate to control complications the disease. Method: The research uses descriptive research. In patients with diabetes melitus at the Kendalkerep Local Clinic of Malang City with 35 selected people using purposive sampling. Data collection using a questionnaire, analyzed using descriptive analysis and show by percentage. Results: Results showed (17.1%) with well knowledge, (71.4%) with sufficient knowledge, (11.4%) less knowledge. Conclusion: From the research could concluded that many patients have sufficient knowledge toward feet care of diabetes mellitus. Knowledge is main component besides pharmacology. Sufficient knowledge toward feet care can improve ulcer. So it is expected that the health officers can be more maximum in giving counseling about feet care in diabetes mellitus so that people could prevent ulcer occurrence.