Introduction: The term diabetes mellitus is derived from a Greek word which means to go through or a siphon and the word Mellitus is derived from a Latin word Me (honey) describes the sweet odour of the urine. Diabetes Mellitus is a silent disease and now recognized as one of the fastest growing threat to public health in almost all countries of the World. It is also called the disease of prosperities. Prevention is better than cure. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: To assess the level of knowledge on diabetic foot care among staff nurses. To determine the association between selected demographic variables with the level of knowledge on diabetic foot care among staff nurses. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Descriptive cross sectional design, used to assess the level of knowledge regarding diabetic foot care among staff nurses in Narayana medical college hospital. Nonprobability conveniece sampling was used. The study related to level of knowledge regarding diabetic foot care, out of 100 staff nurses 32 (32%) had inadequate knowledge, 53 (53%) had moderate knowledge and 15 (15%) had adequate knowledge. There is significant association between the demographic variables like age, educational status, designation and area of work and level of knowledge at P>0.01 level. The mean sore was 22.51 and the standard deviation was 6.32. CONCLUSION: In this study most of the staff nurses had inadequate and moderate knowledge regarding Diabetic foot care and adequate knowledge is low level.
Key words: diabetic foot care
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