Ya-Huei Wang, Hung-Chang Liao
A Scale Development for Visual Literacy on Health Students and Professionals
Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
diabetic foot ulcer preventable complication diabetes could lead lower extremity amputation increased mortality morbidity selfcare behaviors play key role prevention diabetic foot ulcers study aimed estimate total score diabetic foot selfcare behaviors searched databases web science medline pubmed scopus using various keywords including diabetic foot diabetic feet diabetic problem diabetic foot ulcer selfcare relevant articles time limit heterogeneity studies assessed using cochrans q test i2 statistic data analyzed using stata software version 12 using metaanalysis method random effects model total eight studies analyzed sample size 2493 pooled score diabetes foot selfcare 6284 score higher studies conducted two groups patients type type ii diabetes compared performed patients type ii diabetes results also indicated correlation selfcare score year publication p 0001 selfcare scores significantly declined 20152021 p 0001 overall diabetic foot selfcare score moderate highlights need provide selfcare education diabetic patients