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No clinical benefit from targeted education in those with a diabetic foot ulcer

Discussion in 'Diabetic Foot & Wound Management' started by NewsBot, Sep 3, 2008.

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    Education for secondary prevention of foot ulcers in people with diabetes: a randomised controlled trial.
    Lincoln NB, Radford KA, Game FL, Jeffcoate WJ.
    Diabetologia. 2008 Aug 30. [Epub ahead of print]
     
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  3. Craig Payne

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    Its good to see this well designed RCT supporting some studies that were not so well designed, but certainly starting to point to diabetic foot care education actually improving self care behaviours, but were suggesting that this improvement in behaviours was not actually leading to better outcomes in terms of morbidity from diabetic foot ulcers.
     
  4. LuckyLisfranc

    LuckyLisfranc Well-Known Member

    Just goes to show it is pointless having podiatrists expending energy on the boundless amounts of foot education foot education that permeates our public sector podiatry departments.

    We would be far better off having these people putting energy into learning how to do significant inteventions, such as surgical incision & drainage and infection management, rather than the politically correct "let's have a chat about your feet".

    Give them all a brochure and get on with fixing things, rather than talking about it.


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    Medium-term effectiveness of a group educational intervention on foot care in patients with type 2 diabetes.
    Ramon-Cabot J, Fernández-Trujillo M, Forcada-Vega C, Pera-Blanco G.
    Equip d'Atenció Primària Mataró-1. Institut Català de la Salut. Mataró. Barcelona. España.
    Enferm Clin. 2008 Nov-Dec;18(6):302-8.
     
  6. Craig Payne

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    BUT, this is the issue highlighted in the first study in post one. The skills may have imporved but does that actually lead to better outcomes? The first study suggests not.
     
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    The effectiveness of foot care education on people with type 2 diabetes in Tehran, Iran.

    Vatankhah N, Khamseh ME, Jahangiri Noudeh Y, Aghili R, Baradaran HR, Safai Haeri N.
    Prim Care Diabetes. 2009 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print]
     
  8. Heather J Bassett

    Heather J Bassett Well-Known Member

    Perhaps all that talking is worthwhile after all.
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    Impact of a diabetic foot care education program on lower limb amputation rate
    Abdullah M Al-Wahbi
    Vascular Health and Risk Management October 2010 , Volume 2010:6 Pages 923 - 934
     
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    Foot care education in patients with diabetes at low risk of complications: a consensus statement
    A. McInnes, W. Jeffcoate, L. Vileikyte, F. Game, K. Lucas, N. Higson, L. Stuart, A. Church, J. Scanlan, J. Anders
    Diabetic Medicine
     
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    Comparison of three types of diabetic foot ulcer education plans to determine patient recall of education.
    Gravely SS, Hensley BK, Hagood-Thompson C.
    J Vasc Nurs. 2011 Sep;29(3):113-119.
     
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