The effect of operative groups on diabetic foot self-care education: a randomized clinical trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of operative groups on teaching self-care for diabetic foot prevention.

Method: Controlled, blinded clinical trial with volunteers presenting type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, randomized into treatment (55 subjects) and control (54 subjects) groups. The treatment group received the educational intervention "Teaching foot self-care", whereas the control group was simply evaluated.