Manipulating Narrative Presentations of Information to Encourage Good Foot Care Practice in People With and Without Diabetes Mellitus

University of Chichester

Status

Completed

Conditions

Diabetic Foot

Foot Diseases

Health Behavior

Treatments

Behavioral: Online leaflet about foot care

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04623151

UOCMRPHDS3

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study explores the role of health messages (narrative, non-narrative vs. control condition [no message]) to enhance good foot care practices among people with diabetes and the general population.

Enrollment

452 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

at least 18 years of age at the time of consent;
able to read and speak the English language;
able and willing to give written informed consent prior to study entry;
able to complete the protocol requirements

Exclusion criteria

has a cognitive impairment or acute psychopathology (self-reported formal diagnoses of down syndrome, traumatic brain injury, brain tumour, autism, dementia, schizophrenia, and/or schizoaffective disorder), ie that which could interfere with his or her ability to provide written consent and complete the study
has taken part in any other research on foot care with the University of Chichester in the past year