Background:

To identify the level of knowledge, attitude and practice oriented to the prevention of diabetic foot in hospitalized persons or their main caregivers in the Vascular Surgery Unit.

Methods:

A transversal descriptive statistical analysis was carried out. The variables analyzed were: knowledge, attitude and behavior related to the care of the diabetic foot. A team of six nurses, provided a questionnaire during the period of admission of patients from December 2016 to December 2017, which had not previously been used with Spanish population.

Results:

The sample size was calculated in order to get 189 people. A total of 172 people answered the questionnaire. In the Knowledge Dimension, the mean was (6.56) out of 10 (SD = 2.05). The level of knowledge of 58.2% was medium. In Attitude, the average was 4.42 out of 5 (SD = 0.95). 93% say they are favorable towards self-care of their feet. In Practice oriented to prevention, the average was 5.45 (SD = 2.55). 51.5% perform an average self-care practice of diabetic foot.

Conclusions:

The people in the study had average knowledge of diabetic foot care. When asked about their attitude, this was favorable. It contrasts with the level of behavior in the practice of self-care, which in the middle of the sample was of average character, distributing in equal parts the good practice with the scarce practice of self-care.

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