Effect of The Foot Care Protocol Applied to Elderly People

T.C. ORDU ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Status: Completed

Conditions: Foot

Treatments: Other: foot care protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03837002

Study 1

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 57 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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57 participants in 2 patient groups

foot care protocol

Experimental group

Description:

foot examination at the first interview, foot care and training once a month and weekly follow-up for 3 months, foot examination at the last interview (six month)

Treatment:

Other: foot care protocol

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

foot examination at the first interview, foot examination at the last interview (six month)