Table 2.
Comparisons of the mean diabetic foot care knowledge (DFCK) and diabetic foot care behaviour (DFCB) scores between the two groups (N = 72).
| Variables | Control group (n = 35) |
Experimental group
(n = 37) |
t | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |||
| DFCK pre-test | 8.94 | 2.12 | 8.46 | 2.21 | .94 | .34 |
| DFCK post-test | 9.34 | 2.22 | 11.59 | 2.02 | −4.49 | <.001 |
| DFCB pre-test | 47.83 | 9.29 | 48.76 | 12.96 | −.34 | .72 |
| DFCB post-test | 51.23 | 9.91 | 73.51 | 13.16 | −8.14 | <.001 |
M = mean, SD = standard deviation. Modified Diabetic Foot Care Knowledge (MDFCK) and Modified Diabetic Foot Care Behaviors(MDFCB) are the name of the tools or questionnaires to take Diabetic Foot Care Knowledge (DFCK) and Diabetic Foot Care Behaviors's (DFCB) Scores.