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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Community nursing intervention in patients with diabetic foot [Abstract] The practical implementation of community care, so patients with diabetes to maintain stable blood sugar, increase the risk of diabetic foot awareness, proactive self-protection. [Keywords:] diabetic foot; community; nursing intervention Diabetic foot (DF) is a diabetic neuropathy, and the combination of different degrees of peripheral vascular disease of the lower limbs caused by infection, ulceration and deep tissue damage. It is a common and serious complications of diabetes, one of its traumatic amputation caused by amputations accounted for 50% of the total [1]. diabetes as a chronic, lifelong disease that requires long-term comprehensive self-treatment, most patients in the community through the hospital out-patient treatment, community treatment with a convenient, fast and reduce patient treatment for the disease impact on the life and work, reduce health care costs and other advantages, so the community care of patients with diabetic foot of the disease will become an important part of care. our hospital from August 2008 on June -2009 jurisdiction of the diabetic foot patients with intensive classes, on-site guidance and home services approach, received very good results, now experience summarized as follows. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General information on selected 10 patients with diabetic foot patients, 6 males and 4 females, male 55 years old, female 52 years of age, history of diabetes from 1 to 19 years. Are in line with WHO diagnostic criteria for diabetes, including 1 case of type 1 diabetes, 2 9 cases of diabetes. 1.2 Methods The patients were randomly divided into two groups, community care guidance (A group) in 5 cases, the average 52-year-old, diabetic foot for 6 to 32 months, an average of 19 months; no guidance on community care (B), 5 cases average 52.5 years old, diabetic foot for 4 to 31 months, an average of 16 months.