Approaches to Foot Complication Prevention: A Survey of Diabetes Educators

Study Overview
=================
Brief Summary
-----------------
The purpose of the survey is to assess the knowledge base, role in management, and resources available to diabetes educators regarding foot complication prevention within a variety of healthcare settings.

Detailed Description
-----------------
Podimetrics is a care management company with a temperature-based foot monitoring solution to help prevent diabetic foot ulcers, one of the most debilitating and costly complications of diabetes. Diabetes educators within the AADE/ADCES encompass a wide array of medical disciplines including nurses, physicians, dieticians, and pharmacists. Diabetes researchers want to better understand the degree to which diabetic foot care and prevention is incorporated into the diabetes education curriculum. To what extent are these topics discussed between diabetes educators and the patients they interact with? And how comfortable are educators in discussing these topics? To gain insight into these questions Podimetrics researchers have designed an online questionnaire survey for completion by AADE members. The general purpose of the survey is to assess the knowledge base, role in management, and resources available to diabetes educators regarding foot complication prevention within a variety of healthcare settings. The specific aim is to collect generalizable data to characterize the current state of diabetic foot education and identify any gaps in knowledge that may be present. Furthermore, if it is found that educators are lacking important knowledge which supports ample diabetic foot health education, approaches to bridge these gaps may be suggested through published recommendations.

Official Title
-----------------
Approaches to Foot Complication Prevention: A Survey of Diabetes Educators

Conditions
-----------------
Foot Ulcer, Diabetic

Intervention / Treatment
-----------------
* Other: No intervention


Participation Criteria
=================
Eligibility Criteria
-----------------
Inclusion Criteria: American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) member with accurate email address on file with the AADE. Exclusion Criteria: AADE member with an inability to read English.

Ages Eligible for Study
-----------------
Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
-----------------
All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
-----------------
Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
=================
How is the study designed?
-----------------

Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Survey Respondents<br>Respondents are members of the American Association of Diabetes Educators recruited via an introductory email sent out by the AADE on behalf of Podimetrics. | Other: No intervention<br>* No intervention<br>|

What is the study measuring?
-----------------
Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Current state of diabetic foot care education and knowledge base among diabetic educators | Survey of diabetic foot care recommendations, treatment options, risk classifications, role in management, and resources available to diabetes educators regarding foot complication prevention within a variety of healthcare settings. | One year | 

 Terms related to the study
=================
Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
-----------------
Diabetic Foot, Ulcer, Care recommendation, Foot Diseases, Diabetic Neuropathies, Diabetes Education, Diabetes, Diabetes Educator, Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes Complication, Care and treatment