Nonvisual Foot Inspection for People With Visual Impairment
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Days per week participants performed foot inspection
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study was to find out whether a method of nonvisual foot inspection, using the senses of touch and smell, helps people with diabetes and visual impairment to find new foot problems when they are in early, easily-treated stages. All people in the study had regular foot inspections by podiatrists. The results include how people feel about the method, whether they actually did check their feet it, and whether the method helped them to discover foot problems themselves.
详细描述
Data gathered over the course of 1 year:
- bimonthly phone calls to ask about foot care practices at home over the last week
- a baseline comprehensive foot evaluation and 4 additional comprehensive evaluations every 3 months
Qualitative data:
- Focus groups immediately after comprehensive diabetes self-management education, and 1 year later, to determine acceptability of foot care procedures and patient perceptions about effectiveness
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Over age 18
- •Diagnosed with diabetes (either type 1 or type 2)
- •Having visual impairment
排除标准
- •Self-reported numbness in hands
- •Inability to pass a brief screening for decisional capacity
结局指标
主要结局
Days per week participants performed foot inspection
时间窗: every 2 months for 1 year
Number of days in the last week each participants reported checking their feet for problems, using nonvisual methods (experimental group) or with assistance form someone else (comparison group)
次要结局
- Number of foot problems discovered(every 3 months for 1 year)
研究者
Ann S. Williams
Research Associate Professor
Case Western Reserve University