INTRODUCTION: Diabetes is an ice berg disease. Although it increases in both the prevalence and incidence of non insulin dependent diabetes occurred globally, they have been especially dramatic in societies in newly industrialized countries and in developing countries. 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. METHODOLOGY: Descriptive cross sectional design, used to assess the level of knowledge regarding diabetic foot care among staff nurses in Narayana medical college hospital. Non-probability convenience sampling was used.Structured questionnaire method was adopted to collect the data. RESULT: 32 (32%) had inadequate knowledge, 53(53%) had moderately adequate knowledge and 15(15%) had adequate knowledge on diabetic foot care. 22 (22%) had inadequate knowledge, 42(42%) had moderately adequate knowledge and 36(36%) had adequate knowledge on diabetics. 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: knowledge, diabetic foot care, staff nurses
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