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Abstract
Providing individualized education to home care patients with diabetes can significantly improve their foot care practices. A nurse researcher from the Intercollegiate College of Nursing at Washington State University conducted a study of 40 home healthcare patients with Type 2 diabetes and found that an individualized educational intervention led to improved foot care knowledge, self-care practices, and confidence performing foot related self-care.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14665972 DOI: 10.1097/00004045-200312000-00013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Home Healthc Nurse ISSN: 0884-741X