Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03837002
Effect of The Foot Care Protocol Applied to Elderly People
Effect of The Foot Care Protocol Applied to Elderly People on Foot Health Problems and Foot Care Behaviors
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 57 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Ordu University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The study was carried out randomized-controlled experimental research to determine the foot health status and factors affecting it among elderly individuals, to develop a protective and developmental protocol for foot health of elderly individuals and to determine the effect of this protocol on foot health problems, foot care knowledge levels and foot care behaviors.
Detailed description
Data for the foot health status and factors affecting it among elderly individuals were collected from 28 April 2017 to 5 February 2018. The population of the study comprised 132 elderly individuals living in Nursing Home linked to the Ministry of Family and Social Policies in Ordu Central County. In the research, 118 individuals in the nursing home were reached, the research began with 65 elderly individuals abiding by the inclusion criteria randomized into experimental and control groups and was completed with 57 individuals (experiment: 28, control: 29). Data were collected using the standardized mini mental test, elderly descriptive form, foot examination form, foot care knowledge level form, foot care behavior scale, falling form.. Ethics committee permission, organization permission and written informed consent from individuals were obtained. Five interviews were performed with elderly individuals in the experimental group, while only two interviews were held with elderly individuals in the control group to apply the data collection tools.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | foot care protocol | foot assesment, foot care, foot care education |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-04-28
- Primary completion
- 2017-06-16
- Completion
- 2018-02-05
- First posted
- 2019-02-11
- Last updated
- 2019-02-11
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03837002. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.