Clinical trial NCT03837002: Effect of The Foot Care Protocol Applied to Elderly People
Official title: Effect of The Foot Care Protocol Applied to Elderly People on Foot Health Problems and Foot Care Behaviors
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Foot
Keywords: Foot Disease
Foot Care Protocol
Nursing Care
Lead sponsor: T.C. ORDU ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: TC Erciyes University
First posted: 2019-02-11
Enrollment: 57
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: randomized-controlled trail
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The study was carried out randomized-controlled experimental research to determine the foot health status and factors affecting it among elderly individuals, to develop a protective and developmental protocol for foot health of elderly individuals and to determine the effect of this protocol on foot health problems, foot care knowledge levels and foot care behaviors.

Detailed description: Data for the foot health status and factors affecting it among elderly individuals were collected from 28 April 2017 to 5 February 2018. The population of the study comprised 132 elderly individuals living in Nursing Home linked to the Ministry of Family and Social Policies in Ordu Central County. In the research, 118 individuals in the nursing home were reached, the research began with 65 elderly individuals abiding by the inclusion criteria randomized into experimental and control groups and was completed with 57 individuals (experiment: 28, control: 29). Data were collected using the standardized mini mental test, elderly descriptive form, foot examination form, foot care knowledge level form, foot care behavior scale, falling form.. Ethics committee permission, organization permission and written informed consent from individuals were obtained. Five interviews were performed with elderly individuals in the experimental group, while only two interviews were held with elderly individuals in the control group to apply the data collection tools.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Living in nursing home during the research process, Not dependent on bed, Self-sufficient, No communication problem, Elderly people have good cognitive functions ,(According to the revised mini mental test) Elderly people with any foot problem (dermatological, orthopaedic, circulation, sensory problems, problems related to the feet, self-care problems),

Exclusion Criteria:

Elderly people who are diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from foot examination questionnaire at baseline and sixth month
timeFrame: Baseline, 6th month
measure: Change from foot care knowledge form at baseline and sixth month
timeFrame: Baseline, 6th month
measure: Change from foot self care observation guide at baseline and sixth month
timeFrame: Baseline, 6th month
measure: Change from falling questionnaire at baseline and sixth month
timeFrame: Baseline, 6th month
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ordu
country: Turkey
facility: Ahmet Cemal Mağden Nursing Home
state: Altınordu
Study officials:
affiliation: T.C. ORDU ÜNİVERSİTESİ
name: Aslıhan Çatıker, Phd
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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