Mobile Application For Educating Diabetics About Foot Care

Istanbul Medeniyet University130 enrolled

Overview

Purpose: Our aim was to develop a training program on the mobile application and to assess the effect of this training on the participants' knowledge about foot care, their self-efficacy and their behavior levels.

The universe of this randomized controlled study consisted of 130 patients who had presented to a training and research hospital in Istanbul. The data were collected during the period March-September 2017 with an Information Form, the Diabetic Foot Knowledge Scale, Diabetic Foot Care Self-efficacy Scale, Foot Self-care Behavior Scale and a Feedback Form on the Mobile Application Training.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

130

Conditions

Diabetic Foot, Mobile Application, Patient Education

Interventions

Diabetic foot educationOTHER

Give Diabetic foot education via mobile phone

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic according to ADA criteria at least six months prior to the study, * being 18 years of age and over, * being literate and fluent in Turkish, * not having an active foot ulcer, * owning and being able to operate a smart phone, * not having any communication or mental problems, * consenting to participating in the research. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with advanced retinopathy and those wishing to withdraw from the research were excluded from the study.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

their self-efficacy

Diabetic Foot Care Self-efficacy Scale is a scale that determines a diabetic individual's perception of self-efficacy with respect to executing diabetic foot care activities. Responses to this nine-item 10-point Likert-type of questionnaire are assessed on a visual scale that ranges from "I'm absolutely unsure=0" to "I'm very sure=10". The lowest possible score on the scale is 0; the highest is 100.

Time frame: change from baseline self efficiancy at week 4.

Diabetes Foot Knowledge

Diabetes Foot Knowledge Questionnaire (DFKQ) were developed by Garcia et al. as a 5-item instrument that assesses the level of knowledge patients have about foot care. The questionnaire is evaluated on the basis of the total score. An increase in the score indicates that the diabetic individual has an increased level of knowledge about foot care

Time frame: change from baseline Diabetes Foot Knowledge at week 4.

Foot Self-care Behavior

Foot Self-care Behavior Scale assesses self-efficacy behavior in the context of foot care. It is a 16-item 5-point Likert-type of scale in which responses are assessed as "I do this: 1=Never, 2=Occasionally, 3=Sometimes, 4=Frequently, 5=Always." The lowest possible score on the scale is 16; the highest is 80

Time frame: change from baseline Foot Self-care Behavior at week 4.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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