期刊
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF DIABETES
卷 37, 期 3, 页码 195-201出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2013.03.020
关键词
diabetes; educational intervention; foot self-care; foot ulceration; low-risk
资金
- Provincial Nurse Educators Interest Group Research Award
- Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
- Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Objectives: The objectives of the pilot study were to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the foot self-care educational intervention, and to explore its preliminary effects on reducing the occurrence of minor foot problems in adult patients with diabetes at low risk for foot ulceration. Methods: A one-group-repeated-measures design was used. The intervention given over 3 weeks consisted of a 1 hour 1-on-1 provider-patient interaction to discuss foot self-care strategies, 1 hour hands-on practice of strategies and 2 10-minute telephone contact booster sessions. Of the 70 eligible consenting participants, 56 completed the study. The outcomes were assessed at pretest and at 3-month follow-up. Chi-square and Fisher's exact test were used to examine changes in outcomes over time. Results: The findings provided initial evidence suggesting the foot self-care educational intervention is feasible and acceptable to adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. It was effective in reducing the occurrence of minor foot skin and toenails problems (all p<0.05) at 3-month follow up. Conclusions: The findings support the effects of the intervention. Future research should evaluate its efficacy using a randomized clinical trial design, and a large sample of patients with diabetes at low risk for foot ulcerations. (C) 2013 Canadian Diabetes Association
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