en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height:normal"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:black">Objective:</span></span></span></b><b> </b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Determining diabetic foot risk levels and risk factors and treating foot problems is one of the main components of the prevention of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). This study aimed to determine diabetic foot risk levels and risk factors in diabetic people.</span></span><i><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></i></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height:normal"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Materials and Methods</span></span></b><b><span dir="RTL" lang="FA" style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">:</span></span></b> <span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">This descriptive cross-sectional study included 278 participants during September 2020 to March 2021. The patients&#39; general characteristics, peripheral sensory loss (10 g-Semmes-Weinstein monofilament), foot skin temperature (palpation method) and vascular evaluation (pedal pulses) were examined.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height:normal"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Results</span></span></b><b><span dir="RTL" lang="FA" style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">:</span></span></b> <span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Among 278 patients, 83 cases had DFU. Of those without DFU, 33.3% had risk level </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">&ldquo;</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">0&rdquo;, 35.4% had risk level &ldquo;1&rdquo;, 23.6% had risk level &ldquo;2&rdquo; and 7.7% had risk level &ldquo;3&rdquo;. In the regression analysis, male gender [OR= 0.74, 95% CI (0.014-0.338), <i>P</i>= 0.002], education (literate) [OR= 0.38, 95% CI (0.002-0.630), <i>P</i>= 0.022], foot examination by health professional [OR= 0.013, 95% CI (0.001-0.183), <i>P</i>= 0.001], foot deformity [OR= 0.170, 95% CI (0.042-0.679), <i>P</i>< 0.001], foot skin temperature (cold) [OR= 0.003, 95% CI (0.000&ndash;0.026), <i>P</i>< 0.001], and pedal pulse [OR= 8.146, 95% CI (1.505-44.081), <i>P</i>< 0.015] were found to have a high effect on diabetic foot development.<i></i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height:normal"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Conclusion</span></span></b><b><span dir="RTL" lang="FA" style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">:</span></span></b> <span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The annual DFU rate is 29.8%. Independent risk factors of DFU were gender, education, previous history foot examination, foot skin temperature, </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">pedal pulse</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> and foot deformity. These findings provide support for a multifactorial etiology for DFU.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Diabetes, Foot, Risk factor, Risk assessment 139 148 http://ijdo.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-30-383&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Neşe KOÇAKGÖL 0000-0001-9671-0995 No Dr. Ersin Arslan Training and Research Hospital, Diabetic Clinical Nurse Specialist, Gaziantep/Turkey. Meryem KILIÇ 0000-0003-4807-5346 Yes SANKO University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Gaziantep/Turkey.