%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of Foot Complications in People With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Community
%A Animesh Hazari
%A Arun Gundmi Maiya
%A Edward Jude
%A K. N. Shivashankar
%A Mads Mundt Loftager
%A Manjunatha Hande
%A Nagarathna Shastri
%A P. Chinmayee
%A Prabhath Matpady
%A Radhika Jadhav
%A Ramachandra Lingadakai
%A Rohini Hande
%A Shubha Gundmi
%A Sundar Kumar Veluswamy
%A Veena G. Kamath
%J The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds
%@ 1552-6941
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1534734618791853
%X The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of foot complications among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the rural part of Udupi district, Karnataka, India. A cross-sectional observational study design was conducted in the rural area of Udupi district. In the study, accredited social health activists were trained to screen people with type 2 diabetes mellitus for diabetic foot complications at a community level. Adults over 35 years of age were screened for the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus by accredited social health activists who reside in the rural part of Udupi district. Participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus were included in the study. Blood glucose level was measured using a glucometer. Foot examination was done by visual inspection, monofilament, tuning fork, and pedal pulse. In the present study, 2110 among the total participants were found to have type 2 diabetes mellitus. The prevalence of musculoskeletal foot complications was 1218 (58%), vascular problem 466 (22.2%), sensory neuropathy 634 (30.2%), autonomic neuropathy 1729 (81.9%), ulcer 134 (6.38%), and infection 561 (26.7%) among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In the current study, we found 84.7% of people residing in rural Udupi had type 2 diabetes mellitus. Hence, there is a strong need to create awareness about diabetic foot care in these people
%K capacity building
%K ASHA
%K prevalence
%K diabetic foot complications
%K rural Udupi
%K type 2 diabetes mellitus
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1534734618791853