European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Objective of the research was to find out the influence of education in preventing foot
ulcers on compliance in DM Type 2 patients. Material and Methods: the research used
quasi-experimental method with pretest-posttest control group design. It was done at USU
Hospital from July to August, 2019. The samples were 43 DM Type 2 patients in control
and intervention grouprespectively, taken by using convenience sampling technique. The
data were analyzed by using Wilcoxon statistic test. Result: the result showed that there
was the influence of education in preventing diabetic foot ulcers (p<0.05) on the level of
patients’ compliance. Conclusion: Education in preventing diabetic foot ulcers was done to
increase compliance in DM patients to prevent more complication and to increase the
quality of life the diabetic patients.