Journal of North Khorasan

Background & Objectives: Since diabetes is a lifelong disease with no cure, this disease is a life-long self-care needs. Diabetic foot is a significant problem in patients with type II diabetes, which can be in some cases lead to amputation.

Material & Methods: This cross - sectional study was conducted on patients referred to the clinic diabetes in 2014 was a city of Sabzevar. Non-probability sampling method of sampling was available to collect data, a questionnaire developed parallel process model development and verification of the reliability and validity of the 400 patients (diabetics) were also used. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 17 and regression testing

Results: The mean age history of diabetes 45/11 ± 7/51, 65/6 ± 74/9 year knowledge score of 2/60 were a hundred. The perceived sensitivity of patients to the risk of diabetic foot and its consequences 67 percent, the perceived effectiveness of the strategies recommended to hygiene 1/72 of hundred variable The severity of diabetic foot infection 9/60 hundred 4/73 and 8/69 respectively performance and self-care variable and score a hundred

Conclusion: The results showed that the most influential factor in increasing severity of structural self-care behavior in patients with diabetes is to develop effective interventions to increase self-care behavior must be considered.

Keywords: Diabetic foot, Extended parallel process model, Diabetes type2