Efecto de un programa educativo en la remisión de la micosis podal en un grupo de pacientes diabéticos

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Barrientos, José Vicente Rosas Mercado, Juan José Calva Torres, Beatriz Olivia Rojas Bonifaz, Alexandro Santibáñez, Javier Araiza
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Objective. To demonstrate that one educational practice course-program increased the healing rate for the onychomycosis of the diabetic’s foot, compared with control group. Both groups received specific therapy for the onychomycosis for three months. Material and methods: It was a comparative, blinded randomized clinical trial study. It was performed at HR 1o de Octubre and the Clinica Gustavo A. Madero from the ISSSTE. Onycomicosis diagnosis was made by direct saw with KOH 10% and culture. Patients were divided in two groups of 22 each one, both of them received itraconazole 200 mg daily for three months. The experimental group received a practice-course-program about foot’s care. They were followed-up for six months. Results : There were included 44 patients. At the end of educational program, four patients of 21 (19%) of the experimental group obtained clinical cure, versus 0/21 in the control group (p = 0.053). Six months after clinical remission there were in 6/21 (29%) vs 9/21 (43%) respectively (p = 0.328). Four patients had “yellowish palms” due to itraconazole ingest.
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Volume Number	13
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://biblat.unam.mx/hevila/Revistadeespecialidadesmedicoquirurgicas/2008/vol13/no3/7.pdf
Language	English
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