Implementation of the D-Foot at the Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetic Foot

Treatments: Procedure: Conventional foot screening; Procedure: The D-Foot method

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03088566

224651

Details and patient eligibility

About

Early identification of potential risk factors for the onset of diabetic foot ulcers are recommended. However, in a Swedish context, there has been no standardised routines to be used in the foot screening procedure. In this study a new standardised routine, the D-Foot, will be tested at the Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics. The usability of the web program will be tested.

Full description

The primary research questions are"how do patients with diabetes perceive the foot screening?" and "do the perception differ in the group that was foot screened by the use of the D-Foot compared to the group that was foot screened with conventional methods?"

Enrollment: 111 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diabetes
• patients referred to the Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics at Sahlgrenska University Hospital with the aim to be provided with assistive devices with the purpose to protect the feet from foot ulcers
• be able to read and understand the Swedish language

Exclusion criteria

*being unable to read and understand the Swedish language

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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111 participants in 2 patient groups

The D-Foot method

Experimental group

Description:

The patients are being foot screened following the routine that is programmed in the D-Foot.

Treatment:

Procedure: The D-Foot method

Conventional foot screening

Active Comparator group

Description:

The patients are being foot screened according to conventional methods.

Treatment:

Procedure: Conventional foot screening