Correction of foot care practice between the intervention and control groups throughout the health education program

Background: A total of 150diabetic patients were selected retrospectively from Khartoum State Diabetic Care Centers, this group divided to two equal groups, had been analyzed using the certain risk factors of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus patients after implementation of health education program. Group (cases) the program was implemented and the other group was considered as a control (75 patients for each group).
Objective: The aim of the study to evaluate the correction of foot care practice between the intervention and control groups among non-insulin dependent diabetes Miletus patients after implementation of health education program.
Results: The study showed that foot care practiced among the studied patients before and after the program and after 15 months of the program. Practicing good foot care was not done by a high percentage of our studied patients before program intervention. The most common practiced was washing the feet daily.
Conclusion: In this study population, the educational health program played an important role in correction of foot care practice of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients.