Knowledge and practice of foot care in Iranian people with type 2 diabetes

International Wound Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 298-302

  Khamseh, Mohammad Ebrahim ^a   Vatankhah, Nasibeh ^a   Baradaran, Hamid Reza ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Foot care; Iran; Knowledge; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT CARE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SMOKING; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROBABILITY; SKIN CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 37249012496     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2007.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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