Effect of Foot Care Education for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Systematic Review

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to review the effect of foot care education in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted using Ovid-Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane library, CINAHL, PsycINFO, RISS, NDSL, and KISS to identify studies reported in English or Korean from 2000 to 2022. Results: From the 3,070 studies extracted, 13 were selected for review. The studies were classified as information study, design study, subject study, intervention analysis, and effect analysis. Conclusion: The results of this study could be useful key principles in developing and applying foot care education programs for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Further research should be conducted to develop foot care education programs suitable for each patient group and to measure its effectiveness.