Table 5.
Foot Ulceration Incidence, Position of Ulcers, and Prognosis of Foot Ulcers Before and After Intensive Nursing Education
| Baseline | After intensive nursing education | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor | Number of cases | Of all the ulcer patients (%) | Number of cases | Of all the ulcer patients (%) | P |
| Foot ulceration | |||||
| Single | 20 | 58.8 | 16 | 88.9 | 0.06 |
| Multiple | 14 | 41.2 | 2 | 11.1 | 0.025a |
| Position | 0.778 | ||||
| Toes | 24 | 48.0 | 14 | 51.9 | |
| Dorsal | 10 | 20.0 | 3 | 11.1 | |
| Plantar (except toes) | 9 | 18.0 | 6 | 22.2 | |
| Ankle | 7 | 14.0 | 4 | 14.8 | |
| Prognosis | 0.002a | ||||
| Amputation | 4 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 | |
| No amputation | 30 | 88.2 | 18 | 100.0 | |
a
Significant difference, P<0.05.