Impact of an Educational Module on the Knowledge and Practice of Foot Self Care in Patients with Diabetes
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: E114- Type 2 diabetes mellitus with neurological complications
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/03/031629
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Sushma Prabhath
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
The patients with diabetic neuropathy will be recruited for the study. Patients with type 2 diabetes of any duration will be considered. The study participants will be recruited after the foot assessment from the Centre for Diabetic Foot Care and Research (CDFCR) Department of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Hospital Manipal.
They must be able to read, comprehend, and understand Kannada or English, and consent to participate in the study. It would be ideal if the participants possess smartphones and are comfortable using WhatsApp.
Patients with type 1 diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, and gestational diabetes will be excluded from the study. Patients who have developed diabetic foot ulcers will also not be considered.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Forming a well-educated and motivated interprofessional team that would be actively involved in teaching the good practices of self-Management of diabetic foot among patients with diabetes <br/ ><br>2.Increase in the knowledge & practice of self-Management of foot among the patients with diabetes <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 0ne to three years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Decreased rate of admissions of patients with complaints of the diabetic foot into the hospital <br/ ><br>Reduced rate of amputations and mortality among patients with diabetic foot <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 5 to 15 years