According to the World Health Organization (WHO): in Saudi Arabia the diabetes mellitus is one of the most common cause of mortality which can lead to many complications.There are many types of diabetes: Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and Hyperglycemia in Pregnancy.Uncontrolled diabetes will lead to complications in many parts of the body.Persistent hyperglycemia causes generalized vascular damage affecting the heart, eyes, kidneys and nerves.A majority of diabetics are unaware of getting diabetes complications.One of the most serious complications of diabetes is diabetic foot (DF).The aim of this study is to assess the level of awareness of diabetic foot in diabetic patients in Hail, KSA.The work is a cross-sectional study on 262 subjects with different age groups (7groups) of Hail Population, between September 2019 and January 2020.A 31 questions’ questionnaire was designed by the authors.It included the informed consent, then the basic data, and all information about diabetic foot as risk factors, signs, symptoms and methods of prevention.It was distributed electronically.The data were collected and analyzed by computer using statistical program SPSS.The present study results showed that 95.5% were Saudi, 81% were females.83.1% of the participants were from Hail city.32.2% were diabetics.The overall level of awareness was found to be 57.51%., which was encouraging to carry more efforts of health education programs in different media to raise awareness of diabetic patients to prevent the common complication as diabetic foot.
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