Trials / Active Not Recruiting
Active Not RecruitingNCT06844955
Smart Diabetic Foot Care Application
Impact of Using a Smart Diabetic Foot Care Application on Patients' Knowledge and Self-management
- Status
- Active Not Recruiting
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 120 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 100 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study developed an app for the guidance of home-based diabetic foot care to explore its impact on patients' foot assessment awareness and self-care behavior after using this app. The study also assessed the app's effectiveness in cultivating behavioral habits that are effective in managing diabetes.
Detailed description
Diabetes is a common chronic metabolic disease worldwide. Approximately 50% to 60% of ulcers caused by diabetes become infected, and moderate to severe infections can lead to lower limb amputation. Among amputees, the five-year mortality rate exceeds 70%.Smart devices (mobile phones, computers, etc.) are indispensable necessities to modern lives. Downloadable mobile health applications (mHealth Apps) on smartphones are widely used in medical care . The use of these apps on smartphones has created a new field in the health industry known as mobile health
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2023-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2025-06-30
- Completion
- 2025-06-30
- First posted
- 2025-02-25
- Last updated
- 2025-02-25
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Taiwan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06844955. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.