TY - JOUR
KW - Allied Health Personnel
KW - Attitude to Health
KW - Curriculum
KW - Female
KW - Foot Ulcer
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Occupations
KW - Patient Education as Topic
KW - Prevalence
KW - Self care
AU - Mathew J
AU - Antony P
AU - Ethiraj T
AU - Krishnamurthy P
AB - <p>Seeking a solution to bring down the prevalence of simple plantar ulcers in the field, Damien Foundation India Trust (DFIT), Chennai, developed a curriculum to teach the field staff of all its projects. The purpose was to make patients self-reliant in the care of their plantar ulcers in their homes. The strategy used was to make patients take care of their ulcers using tools found in their homes and surroundings and become responsible for the care of their limbs. This strategy was implemented in eight projects of DFIT and the programme was followed regularly for one year. Regular monitoring and evaluation showed that under this strategy the prevalence of plantar ulcers was reduced by about 50%.</p>
BT - Indian journal of leprosy
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10506952?dopt=Abstract
CN - MATHEW 1999
DA - 1999 Apr-Jun
IS - 2
J2 - Indian J Lepr
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Seeking a solution to bring down the prevalence of simple plantar ulcers in the field, Damien Foundation India Trust (DFIT), Chennai, developed a curriculum to teach the field staff of all its projects. The purpose was to make patients self-reliant in the care of their plantar ulcers in their homes. The strategy used was to make patients take care of their ulcers using tools found in their homes and surroundings and become responsible for the care of their limbs. This strategy was implemented in eight projects of DFIT and the programme was followed regularly for one year. Regular monitoring and evaluation showed that under this strategy the prevalence of plantar ulcers was reduced by about 50%.</p>
PY - 1999
SP - 173
EP - 87
T2 - Indian journal of leprosy
TI - Management of simple plantar ulcers by home based self-care.
VL - 71
SN - 0254-9395
ER -