Vol. 9, Issue 5, Part A (2023)

Diabetes is a complex chronic metabolic disorder, requiring continuous medical care with multifactorial risk reduction strategies, characterized by persistent hyperglycemia because of lack of insulin secretion, insulin resistance, or both. Its prevalence is steadily increasing in the world, most markedly in the lower- and middle-income countries. Among these, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is one of the major complications of diabetes. Peripheral arterial disease is defined as an atherosclerotic narrowing of peripheral arteries of the legs, stomach, arms, and the head most commonly involving arteries of lower extremities Diabetic patients with PAD are at high risk of increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and a high rate of lower extremity amputation. This increased risk of amputation in diabetes patients is due to dry gangrene, end-stage presentation of PAD, and foot ulcer secondary to PAD. Almost two-thirds of diabetic patients with foot ulcers have PAD, which is associated with a high amputation rate and mortality. Methods: A pre experimental study was conducted among 60 diabetic patients who were selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique. The study was conducted in Acura Specialty hospital, Vijayapur. Result: The analysis revealed that with regard to the level of knowledge in the pre-test most of the sample 38 (63.33%) had inadequate knowledge, whereas in the post-test most 33 (55%) of the sample had moderate level of knowledge. The mean post-test knowledge score (16.86±5.38) was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (9.15±3.63). The mean percentage of the post-test knowledge scores was higher (56.2%) when compared to mean percentage of the pre- test knowledge cores (30.5%). The calculated t value (t59=9.50, p<0.05) was greater than the table value (t59=1.67) at 0.05 level of significance and there was no significant association found between pre-test knowledge scores with selected demographic variables.