Examining the Feasibility, Acceptability and Effects of a Foot Self-care Educational Intervention in Adult Patients with Diabetes at Low Risk for Foot Ulceration

Background: Foot ulceration and subsequent lower extremity amputation are common, serious, and expensive chronic complications for patients with diabetes. Foot-care education, provided to patients with diabetes at low-risk for ulcers, prevents minor foot problems that may lead to ulceration. Little...

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Main Author: Fan, Lifeng
Other Authors: Sidani, Souraya
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/65469