The results also revealed items of knowledge or practice which were not known or fully implemented by patients such as only 14.8% of patients knew leg edema as a manifestation of lower extremity venous insufficiency; 10% completely answered the knowledge of necessary changes in lifestyle and living activities; 18.5% weared compression stockings for more than 16 hours a day, two patients missed re-exam appointments and did not made appropriate postural adjustment for venous insufficiency of the lower extremities.