Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Therapeutic education is the cornerstone of foot care for the diabetic patient. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the satisfaction of patients who have benefited from diabetic foot education sessions.

Methods: This is a prospective study involving 151 patients with risky feet who benefited from the diabetic foot awareness and education day in our service during the following period (January 2018 to December 2018). For this work, we used a satisfaction survey created by the doctor in charge and completed by the patients at the end of the education session. This survey was scored on a scale from 0 to 6 (the number 0 is ‘not satisfied’ and the number 6 is ‘extremely satisfied’).

Results: The average age of our patients was 54 years old (40–65 years old). The average duration of diabetes was 15 years (5–20 years). The average HbA1C of the patients was 9.6% (8.1–12.4%). 91% of our patients had Grade 2 feet according to the TEXAS classification. After the education session, the questionnaire showed that 78% of the patients were satisfied with the methodology and the course of the session, 70% of participants felt more involved in handling and monitoring their health problem. 83% of the cases found that the information they received was clear and simple and that the education sessions helped correct misunderstood foot care concepts and 82% of the patients were willing to recommend these education sessions to other patients.

Conclusion: Therapeutic education on the diabetic foot has had a beneficial impact on the involvement of patients in handling their pathology, and has improved the knowledge of our patients regarding foot care.