[Primary-care prevention activities in outpatients suffering from diabetic foot care].

Objective: Determining the prevalence of prevention activities regarding diabetic foot recommended by doctors and carried out by out-patients attending general medicine self-care foot control and describing food habits.

Methods: This was a descriptive and cross-sectional studywhich was carried out in two health-care institutions in Bogotá, from March to October 2008, by weightedconveniencesampling of 307 diabetic patients, aged over 18 years.

Results: Some patients had a background of foot ulcers (13.