Mobile Application For Educating Diabetics About Foot Care

NCT ID: NCT04265469

Last Updated: 2020-02-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

130 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-02-10

Study Completion Date

2017-11-07

Brief Summary

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Purpose: Our aim was to develop a training program on the mobile application and to assess the effect of this training on the participants' knowledge about foot care, their self-efficacy and their behavior levels.

Detailed Description

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The universe of this randomized controlled study consisted of 130 patients who had presented to a training and research hospital in Istanbul. The data were collected during the period March-September 2017 with an Information Form, the Diabetic Foot Knowledge Scale, Diabetic Foot Care Self-efficacy Scale, Foot Self-care Behavior Scale and a Feedback Form on the Mobile Application Training.

Conditions

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Diabetic Foot, Mobile Application, Patient Education

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Patients with diabetics get mobile education

Patients with diabetics get mobile education

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Diabetic foot education

Intervention Type OTHER

Give Diabetic foot education via mobile phone

Patients with diabetics

Patients with diabetics

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Diabetic foot education

Give Diabetic foot education via mobile phone

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic according to ADA criteria at least six months prior to the study,
* being 18 years of age and over,
* being literate and fluent in Turkish,
* not having an active foot ulcer,
* owning and being able to operate a smart phone,
* not having any communication or mental problems,
* consenting to participating in the research.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with advanced retinopathy and those wishing to withdraw from the research were excluded from the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Istanbul Medeniyet University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Berna Dincer

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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42432568

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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