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The effect of teaching foot care for people with Diabetes Mellitus type II

Not Applicable
Conditions
Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetic foot
C18.452.394.750.149
C14.907.320.191
Registration Number
RBR-6fpss8
Lead Sponsor
niversidade Federal de Alfenas
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruitment completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

The target sample size is 72 people with Diabetes Mellitus type II diagnosed for at least five years;
registered in the System of Registration and Monitoring Hypertensive and diabetic-Hiperdia; with a minimum age of eighteen years and maximum age not stipulated and both genders.

Exclusion Criteria

Presence of foot ulcers; presence of amputations of the lower limbs; presence of thrombosis; deficit in cognitive ability, defined by the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Study & Design

Study Type
Intervention
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
It is expected that there is reduced risk of impaired skin integrity of the feet of people with diabetes mellitus type II, assessed by evaluation scale tissue integrity: skin and mucous membranes of the feet of patients with diabetes mellitus type II, which considers as normal parameter score of 85-100;Improvement in the treated group was found to reduce the risk of impaired integrity of the skin of the feet when compared to the control group, as they have a score above 85 .
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
It is expected that there is improvement in the intention of foot care, evaluated by the Questionnaire of planned behavior - Care of feet (Quiz planned-care behavior with their feet), which has scores 5-25 points.;Improvement in the group treated with the intention of foot care was found when compared to the control group, since higher scores 20-25 points.
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