EFFECTIVENESS OF AUDIOVISUAL FOOT CARE-BASED EDUCATION ON IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS OF DIABETIC PATIENTS IN PREVENTING FOOT ULCER DIABETIC

Abstract

Diabetic mellitus patients have a high risk of developing such as 15 % diabetic foot ulcers, which may lead to wounds, infection, and even amputation if not properly managed. Diabetic foot ulcer can rapidly progress if DM patient has decent knowledge and will to routinely take care and treat their foot. This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of video-audio-visual based education of foot care on knowledge, attitude, and action of diabetic patients on preventing diabetic foot ulcer. The methods used in this reseearch were pre-experiment pre-test – post-test with one group design. Samples were DM patients which visited the Tiara Medistra Clinic, samples wew selected using Purposive Sampling with total number of 30 people. Independent variable of health education, dependent variables of knowledge, attitude, and practice toward prevention of diabetic foot ulcer. Data acquired in this research were collected by implementing questionnaire. Data analysis was done by paired t-test with p value = 0.005 and N-gain. This research showed that there are significant differences before and after video-audio-visual based education of foot care on knowledge (p=0.000), attitude (p=0.000), and action (p=0.000) with mean of N-gain score of 0.7620 and N-gain percentage of 76.2032%. In conclusion, audio-visual–based health education on foot care is effective in improving knowledge, attitudes, and practices of diabetic mellitus patients. Regular and appropriate foot care education can help reduce the risk of diabetic foot ulcers.