Digital Foot Check by Using the D-Foot, a New Software
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Diabetic Foot
- Sponsor
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- The questionnaire Orthotic and Prosthetic Users Survey (OPUS) will be used.
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Patients with diabetes should be thoroughly examined before they are provided with insoles and shoes. In the study the feet are examined with the help of a new software, the D-Foot. D-Foot includes questions and surveys.
The aim of the of the study is evaluate how the patients experience the visit at the department of Prosthetics & Orthotics based on the digital foot check.
Detailed Description
Patients with diabetes should be thoroughly examined before they are provided with insoles and shoes. The purpose of the foot examination is to determine whether the patient is at risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). Risk factors are: neuropathy, peripheral angiopathy, foot deformities, skin pathologies, earlier history of DFU/amputation. With effective control and examination of the feet, foot complications, such as DFU, can be prevented. In the study the feet are examined with the help of a new software, the D-Foot. D-Foot includes questions and surveys. The aim of the of the study is evaluate how the patients experience the visit at the department of Prosthetics \& Orthotics based on the digital foot check.
Investigators
Ulla Hellstrand Tang
Principal Investigator
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The questionnaire Orthotic and Prosthetic Users Survey (OPUS) will be used.
Time Frame: 2019-2020
Participants satisfaction with devices and services at the Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics will be evaluated.
Secondary Outcomes
- Presence of foot ulcers (number)(2019-2020)
- Presence of peripheral angiopathy (percentage )(2019-2020)
- Presence of foot ulcers (percentage)(2019-2020)
- Presence of previous foot ulcers (percentage)(2019-2020)
- Presence of neuropathy (number)(2019-2020)
- Presence of calluses (percentage)(2019-2020)
- System Usability Scale (SUS). The score range from 0-100 and a SUS score above a 68 would be considered above average and anything below 68 is below average.(2019-2020)
- Presence of peripheral angiopathy (number )(2019-2020)
- Presence of foot deformities (percentage)(2019-2020)
- Presence of neuropathy (percentage)(2019-2020)
- Presence of calluses (number)(2019-2020)
- Presence of foot deformities (number)(2019-2020)
- Presence of previous foot ulcers (number)(2019-2020)
- Presence of previous amputation in the lower extremities (number)(2019-2020)
- Presence of previous amputation in the lower extremities (percentage)(2019-2020)