Latifa Adarmouch|A. S. Erchidi Elyacoubi|Latifeh Dahmash|N. El Ansari|Majda Sebbani|Mohamed Amine
Short-term effectiveness of a culturally tailored educational intervention on foot self-care among type 2 diabetes patients in Morocco
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI|Cadi Ayyad University|Cadi Ayyad University|Cadi Ayyad University|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI|Cadi Ayyad University|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI|Cadi Ayyad University
selfmanagement education sme important yet unacknowledged aspect diabetes care despite raise diabetes complications significant burden developing countries research sme interventions morocco lacking assess effectiveness culturally tailored sme intervention footcare selfmanagement practices among type 2 diabetes patients identify factors associated practices variation designed prepost prospective quasiexperimental study recruited patients type 2 diabetes aged 30 years old intervention consisted interactive group discussion using different materials narrative video powerpoint presentation printed guide footcare practices assessed prior session one month later using 2 items summary diabetes selfcare activities sdsca binary logistic regression performed identify factors associated favorable variation defined increase mean frequency score footcare minimum 1 dayweek total 199 participants recruited 133 completed second assessment mean age 552 112 years old women represented 67 72 participants illiterate footcare score mean increased 35 29 days 59 18 days one month intervention mean variation 24 31 days p 0001 favorable variation found among 75 377 participants multivariate analysis literacy associated higher likelihood favorable variation footcare practices 282 95ci 109731 previous education diabetic foot associated lower likelihood favorable variation 026 95ci 008078 general improvement footcare practices intervention findings suggest role literacy previous patient education shaping observed variation culturally tailored interventions targeting disease management domains needed context