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background diabetic foot ulcers dfus one common fatal complications diabetic patients uncontrolled diabetes mellitus dm may end feet amputation complications prevented adherence diabetic patients diabetes management plan educating risk factors complications diabetic foot proper foot care develop effective health education programs educate diabetic patients caregivers regarding diabetic foot effective care first identify gaps patients knowledge perception diabetic foot evaluate practice foot care objectives study aimed evaluate knowledge attitude toward dfus practice foot care among adult diabetic patients attending alqunfudah diabetes center saudi arabia october 2022 march 2023 methods total 403 adult diabetic patients recruited crosssectional study attendance diabetes center alqunfudah district saudi arabia study researchers conducted physical facetoface interview diabetic patient using validated questionnaire closedended questions collect responses regarding knowledge attitude toward dfus behavior toward foot care collected data analyzed using ibm spss statistics windows version 23 released 2015 ibm corp armonk new york united states results 403 diabetics 504 n 203 inadequate knowledge knowledge score 80 464 n 187 negative attitudes attitude score 80 toward dfus majority could practice foot care well 777 n 313 giving practice score less 80 seventy patients 174 selfreported history dfus predictors good knowledge dfus among diabetics include age 30 59 years odds ratio 2942 confidence interval ci 95 16952107 p 0001 marriage 3101 ci 95 18935079 p 0001 working 5325 ci 95 30199389 p 0001 diploma education 8205 ci 95 333220203 p 0001 managing dm oral drugs 2219 ci 95 13993519 p 0001 dfus 2712 ci 95 15574723 p 0001 males likely practice foot care well 1925 ci 95 11423245 p 0013 primary education 3421 ci 95 16557073 p 0001 predicted appropriate foot care patients dm one five years 1995 ci 95 11393493 p 0016 diet metformin 2133 ci 95 11344011 p 0019 expected better foot care diabetics conclusion diabetic patients alqunfudah district saudi arabia inadequate knowledge negative attitudes toward dfus foot care behaviors inadequate furthermore dfus selfreported around 17 diabetic patients specialized training programs recommended enhance knowledge regarding dfus among diabetics motivate train caregivers conduct proper foot care educational programs target diabetics emphasis dfus females nonworking patients individuals dm longer time illiterate diabetics understand factors behind patients negative attitudes toward diabetic foot future qualitative research required