assist the patients in performing foot care, including checking the
water temperature before the patients washed their feet and using
a monofilament to check feet sensation. Additional hands-on
workshops and skills exercises were given to this group. All the
patients in this group were asked to attend diabetes education class
every 3 to 6 months, with knowledge reinforcement and foot care
skill re-demonstration. For 2 years, 31 patients also followed up
every month with an endocrinologist and a diabetes nurse in the
diabetes foot clinic for a systematic foot exam